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Variant angina complicating ergot therapy of migraine
1Division of Cardiology, Inha University Hospital, Sungnam-si, Kyunggi-do, Korea.
Chest
|April 1, 1994
Abstract:
A 55-year-old man demonstrated typical reflux esophagitis, not esophageal spasm, by esophageal manometry, although he demonstrated classic migraine, positive Raynaud's scan, and proven coronary artery spasm. He suffered from severe chest pain by medication of ergotamine tartrate. Ergot alkaloids should be avoided in patients with symptomatic coronary artery spasm.