Abstract
Coronary vasospasm is an infrequent cause of acute coronary syndrome. Additionally,
femoral artery spasm is not frequently encountered clinically. Here we present a case
of a patient with an acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, secondary to
a documented right coronary artery vasospasm, complicated with left coronary artery
and femoral artery vasospasm. Intravenous ultrasound showed calcification at the sites
of spasm. This case report indicates that coronary vasospasm should be regularly considered
as part of the work up of myocardial infarction.
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Article Info
Publication History
Published online: April 16, 2018
Accepted:
April 15,
2018
Received in revised form:
March 26,
2018
Received:
January 23,
2018
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