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Coronary artery spasm complicating anaphylaxis secondary to skin disinfectant
V M Conraads1, P G Jorens, D G Ebo
1Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium.
Chest
|May 22, 1998
Abstract:
We report a patient in whom presumed vasospasm of an angiographically normal coronary artery led to severe transmural myocardial ischemia. To our knowledge, this is the first case in which an allergic reaction to locally applied chlorhexidine caused such a severe reaction.