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Case Report

Left anterior descending coronary artery spasm and ‘‘accordion effect’’ mimicking coronary artery dissection

by
Živilė Valuckienė
*,
Tomas Vasylius
and
Ramūnas Unikas
Department of Cardiology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Medicina 2014, 50(5), 309-311; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2014.10.004
Submission received: 1 March 2014 / Accepted: 7 October 2014 / Published: 29 October 2014
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Abstract

We present an illustrative case report of the mid-vessel left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery spasm, which has been enhanced by straightening of the tortuous LAD segment with a guidewire (‘‘accordion effect’’) thus resistant to intracoronary nitroglycerine and mimicking a coronary artery dissection. Dynamic appearance of this iatrogenic pseudolesion upon administration of intracoronary nitrates and recognition of these angiographic phenomena prevented from unnecessary further intervention.
Keywords: Coronary artery spasm; Accordion phenomenon; Percutaneous coronary intervention Coronary artery spasm; Accordion phenomenon; Percutaneous coronary intervention

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Valuckienė, Ž.; Vasylius, T.; Unikas, R. Left anterior descending coronary artery spasm and ‘‘accordion effect’’ mimicking coronary artery dissection. Medicina 2014, 50, 309-311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2014.10.004

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Valuckienė Ž, Vasylius T, Unikas R. Left anterior descending coronary artery spasm and ‘‘accordion effect’’ mimicking coronary artery dissection. Medicina. 2014; 50(5):309-311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2014.10.004

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Valuckienė, Živilė, Tomas Vasylius, and Ramūnas Unikas. 2014. "Left anterior descending coronary artery spasm and ‘‘accordion effect’’ mimicking coronary artery dissection" Medicina 50, no. 5: 309-311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2014.10.004

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