Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 9, 2026

Thoracoscopic Extended Right Middle Plus Lower Sleeve Lobectomy for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Published on: February 27, 2026
Carcinoid crisis with fatal coronary spasm in a small localized peripheral bronchial carcinoid
Ramazan Erdem1, Hans Slabbynck, Frank Van den Branden
1ZNA Middelheim, Antwerp, Dept. of Cardiology, Lindendreef 1, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium. erdemrambo@hotmail.com
Abstract:
Presumptive coronary artery spasm, with characteristic ST-segment elevation followed by ventricular arrhythmia and cardiac arrest, is a very uncommon manifestation of the carcinoid crisis and has been shown on angiography only once in a patient with co-existing extensive atheromatous disease. We present the history of a 70-year-old man with angiographically documented fatal diffuse coronary spasm in the absence of significant atheromatosis, related to an unprovoked carcinoid crisis caused by a small peripheral atypical carcinoid tumour in the absence of metastasis.
Related Concept Videos
Coronary Artery Disease III: Clinical Manifestations
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease III: Chronic Bronchitis Features
Acute Coronary Syndrome II: Pathophysiology and Clinical Manifestations
Aneurysm II: Clinical Manifestations and Diagnostic Studies
Acute Coronary Syndrome V: Nursing Management
Angina II: Classification