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Measurement of Myocardial Lactate Production for Diagnosis of Coronary Microvascular Spasm
Published on: September 17, 2021
Diffuse coronary artery spasm treated by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Chez Smith1, Enoch Akowuah, Sanjay Theodore
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. chez.smith@mh.org.au
Abstract:
Diffuse coronary vasospasm is an unpredictable and serious complication following coronary artery bypass surgery. The treatment of this emergency is dependent on patient suitability for angiography and direct injection of vasodilators into the affected vessels. In patients unable to proceed to angiography the diagnosis can only be suspected but treatment is nevertheless still towards reinstitution of coronary blood flow. We present one such case in which re-grafting and extracorporeal membranous oxygenation proved successful in restoring cardiac function in a patient with diffuse coronary artery spasm.
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