April 1, 1998The Medical Journal of Australia
Panic disorder: coronary spasm as a basis for cardiac risk?
Population
3 patients with panic disorder and documented cardiac ischaemia during episodes of chest pain, without…
Design
Case_series
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Discussion
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Implication
Chest pain in panic disorder may signal coronary spasm; case reports leave open causality and need for prospective study.
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Population
3 patients with panic disorder and documented cardiac ischaemia during episodes of chest pain, without evident atherosclerosis at coronary angiography
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Outcome
Documented cardiac ischaemia and myocardial infarction
Angina-like chest pain during panic attacks may have an organic cause such as coronary artery spasm, which can lead to myocardial infarction.
Cite This Study
Mansour. et al. (1998) studied this question.