Rapid Spontaneous Coronary Artery Reperfusion Following Severe Bradycardia During Exercise Tolerance Test: A Rare Case Report

Document Type : Case Report

Authors

1 Cardiologist,Department of Cardiology, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran.

2 Master of Science in Cardiovascular Perfusion, Department of Extra_Corporeal Circulation(ECC), Razavi Hospital, Imam Reza International University, Mashhad, Iran.

Abstract

The acute occlusion of a coronary artery without the evidence of myocardial infarction might immediately affect both the diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease. We present the case with a sudden occlusion of the left main coronary artery without typical chest pain following an exercise tolerance test and rapid spontaneous reperfusion of the left main coronary artery.

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Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine
Volume 8, Issue 2
June 2020
Pages 639-644

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