January 2, 1980European Heart Journal

Treatment of spasm of the coronary artery with nifedipine

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Why the study?

Does nifedipine improve vasodilation and reduce pain attacks in patients with coronary artery spasm?

Population

50 patients with documented coronary artery spasm

Design

Case_series

Authors

MBM BertrandRadboud University Nijmegen JLJ. M. LablancheUniversité de Lille PTPierre Y. TilmantUniversité de Lille

Discussion

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Implication

May support nifedipine in refractory spasm cases; leaves open randomized confirmation before practice change.

Structured PICO

Does nifedipine improve vasodilation and reduce pain attacks in patients with coronary artery spasm?

Population

50 patients with documented coronary artery spasm (13 cases evaluated under direct visual control and 37 other patients with previously documented spasm)

Intervention

Nifedipine (0.2 mg injected directly into a coronary artery, or 30 to 60 mg administered orally)

Outcome

Prompt vasodilation (for intracoronary injection) and suppression or reduction of pain attacks (for oral administration)patient reported

Nifedipine is a highly effective agent for relieving coronary artery spasm and suppressing associated angina attacks.

Cite This Study

Bertrand et al. (1980) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a95b353943b618cf87ea62e https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/1.suppl_2.65

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Treatment of spasm of the coronary artery with nifedipine

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Treatment of spasm of the coronary artery with nifedipine

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