A 16-year-old boy with bronchial asthma and prinzmetal angina: case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Prinzmetal's angina is a very rare disease in children and adolescents. Adults' studies suggest that vasospastic angina is more common in patients with bronchial asthma than in the general population.

Case presentation

A 16-year-old boy with a history of bronchial asthma was admitted to the hospital after successful resuscitation from asystole. On the day of admission, he had a severe left shoulder pain and developed cardiac arrest. He was complaining of left shoulder pain throughout the previous year. During his hospital stay, a second cardiac arrest took place with inferior ST elevation of the electrocardiography recorded after the second successful resuscitation. Diagnostic coronary angiography revealed multiple spasms throughout the coronary bed, which was c

SUBMITTER: Baghdasaryan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6177102 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature