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Espasmo de la arteria coronaria
Nombres alternativos:
Angina variante; Angina de Prinzmetal
SÃntomas:
El sÃntoma principal es la angina (un tipo de dolor en el pecho ) con las siguientes caracterÃsticas:
- Debajo del esternón
- Descrito como presión, contracción, compresión, aplastamiento, usualmente severo y puede irradiarse hasta el cuello, mandÃbula, hombro, brazo
- Suele ocurrir en reposo
- Puede ocurrir a la misma hora cada dÃa, usualmente entre la medianoche y las 8:00 AM
- El dolor dura de 5 a 30 minutos
- El dolor se alivia con nitroglicerina
- La angina puede estar acompañada de sÃncope (pérdida del conocimiento)
Signos y exámenes:
Los exámenes para diagnosticar el espasmo de la arteria coronaria comprenden:
- Fecha de revisión: 5/30/2006
- Versión en inglés revisada por: Alan Berger, MD, Assistant Professor, Divisions of Cardiology and Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
- Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc.
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