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World J Cardiol. Sep 26, 2020; 12(9): 450-459
Published online Sep 26, 2020. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v12.i9.450
Published online Sep 26, 2020. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v12.i9.450
Clinical significance of prolonged chest pain in vasospastic angina
Hiroki Teragawa, Chikage Oshita, Yuichi Orita, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, JR Hiroshima Hospital, Hiroshima 732-0057, Japan
Author contributions: Orita Y and Oshita C contributed to the acquisition of data; Teragawa H contributed to the writing and revision of the manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Medical Corporation JR Hiroshima Hospital.
Informed consent statement: Informed consent was obtained from all of the patients.
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Corresponding author: Hiroki Teragawa, FACC, FACP, FAHA, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, JR Hiroshima Hospital, 3-1-36 Futabanosato, Higashi-ku, Hiroshima 732-0057, Japan. hiroki-teragawa@jrhh.or.jp
Received: June 2, 2020
Peer-review started: June 28, 2020
First decision: June 15, 2020
Revised: June 28, 2020
Accepted: September 15, 2020
Article in press: September 15, 2020
Published online: September 26, 2020
Peer-review started: June 28, 2020
First decision: June 15, 2020
Revised: June 28, 2020
Accepted: September 15, 2020
Article in press: September 15, 2020
Published online: September 26, 2020
Core Tip
Core Tip: We have sometimes experienced patients with vasospastic angina (VSA) who had prolonged chest symptoms (≥ 15 min). We showed that such VSA patients had higher frequencies of other serious symptoms and variant angina as well as higher frequencies of spasm induction by a low dose of acetylcholine, total occlusion due to spasm, focal spasm, and unavoidable use of nitroglycerin in the spasm provocation test (SPT). On the other hand, the frequency of chest symptoms did not influence these findings in the SPT. Prolonged chest symptoms may be related to more severe characteristics of VSA.