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Published on: August 18, 2016
[Is coronary artery spasm a disease specific to women?]
X Halna du Fretay1, M A Bouzid2, B Blanchard-Lemoine3
1Hôpital Foch, 40, rue Worth, 92150 Suresnes, France; Centre hospitalier universitaire Bichat-Claude-Bernard, 46, rue Henri-Huchard, 75018 Paris, France; Centre d'exploration cardiovasculaire, 1, rue du Baron, 45000 Orléans, France.
Abstract:
Vasospastic angina is considered rare in Europe but with a prevalence probably underestimated and affects preferentially men in published studies, mostly involving Asian populations. Vasospastic angina in the female population have specificities in terms of pathophysiology, clinical presentation and prognosis, as well as diagnostic strategies currently recommended, that we describe from a clinical case. Although known for over 50years, vasospastic angina remains a disease still insufficiently researched, probably even less in women. This form of angina must not however be forgotten, and the appropriate diagnostic strategy must be known and used to improve prognosis.
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