Young Vasospastic Angina Patients Less Than 20 Years Old

Circulation Journal : Official Journal of the Japanese Circulation Society
Shozo Sueda

Abstract

Japanese Circulation Society (JCS) guidelines do not include adolescents with coronary artery spasm.Methods and Results:We recruited 18 adolescents less than 20 years old with vasospastic angina (VSA): 11 were Japanese and 3 had chest symptoms for >12 months before admission. ST-segment elevation was observed in 11 patients and none of the 18 patients had a fixed stenosis. Spasm provocation tests were performed in 9 patients and two-thirds had multiple spasms; 6 suffered from acute myocardial infarction and ventricular fibrillation occurred in 2 patients; 1 patient died and the remaining 17 patents survived. Clinical status of adolescents with VSA was as severe as in adults with refractory VSA. Cardiologists should cooperate with pediatricians to diagnose and treat adolescents with VSA. There is a need to establish the additional issues for adolescents with coronary spasm in the JCS guidelines.

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