Coronary artery spasm should be considered as a potential cause of intraoperative cardiac arrest during non-cardiac surgery, particularly in patients with risk factors such as smoking, even in the absence of prior ischemic heart disease.
May support considering coronary spasm in unexplained intraoperative arrest; single case leaves open prospective validation.
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