Copyright © 1984 by the European Society of Cardiology.
© 1984 The European Society of Cardiology
Prevalence of vasospastic ischaemia induced by the cold pressor test or hyperventilation in patients with severe angina
Department of Cardiology, Aarhus Kommune hospital DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Received 5 June 1983; revised 12 November 1983; .
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Abstract
We performed coronary artery spasm provocation, using the cold pressor test (CPT) and hyperventilation (HVT) in 105 patients (87 males, 18 females) with mean age 51-9 years (range 25-69) consecutively admitted for coronary angiography due to attacks of chest pain.
A positive response to spasm provocation (STsegment elevation or depression 0.1 mV or pseudonor-malization of negative T-waves) was seen in 25 patients (23.9%) (group A), with 8 patients responding to CPT and 23 to HVT. In the remaining patients (group B) a negative response was found. Of 80 patients with coronary artery stenosis (diameter reduction >50%), 22 (27.5%) showed a positive response. During CPT and HVT the rate pressure product increased 25% and 16%, respectively in group A versus an increase of 139% during exercise testing in the same patients. This suggests that ischaemia induced by CPT or HVT is not caused by increased myocardial oxygen demand.
Repeat spasm provocation was performed during coronary angiography in 14 patients from group A and 14 from group B. The induced reduction in the diameters of the ischaemia related vessels was on average 48.3% in group A versus a 9.9% reduction of the left anterior descending artery in the patients from group B (P<0.01). In group A 88% had a history of nocturnal angina versus 38.8% in group B (P<0.001). A positive exercise test was found in 87% and 35.6% in group's A and B respectively (P<0.0005).
Key Words: Angina pectoris • coronary artery spasm • cold pressor test • hyperventilation
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