Table 3.
Coronary artery spasm
Coronary spasm (N = 25) | |
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Type of spasm: | |
Proximity-related spasma | 22 (88%) |
Generalized spasmb | 3 (12%) |
EKG changes | 23 (92%) |
Hypotension | 5 (20%) |
Clinical sequelae | 4 (16%) |
Chest pain | 2 (8%) |
Ventricular fibrillation | 2 (8%) |
Intravenous nitroglycerin administered | 21 (84%) |
aSpasm occurring during PFA adjacent to a coronary artery, either during mitral isthmus or CTI ablation.
bSpasm occurring during conventional PV application remote from the location of a coronary artery.