The uncommon way of noninvasive demonstration of myocardial ischaemia via cold exposure

Czech version

Authors: A. Žáková; L. Beran; J. Ceral
Authors‘ workplace: I. interní klinika FN a Lékařské fakulty UK, Hradec Králové, přednosta doc. MUDr. Miloslav Pleskot, CSc.
Published in: Vnitř Lék 2005; 51(4): 471-476
Category: Case Reports

Overview

The authors present a case report of the patient with late clinical manifestation of a serious isolated lesion of morphological less typical left coronary artery. The noninvasive proof was done via an improvised cold test. The lesion was treated surgically.

Key words:
unstable angina pectoris – cold – isolated coronary stenosis

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