Citation

Lin YJ, Liu YB, Wu CC, Chen WJ, Lee YT. Int. J. Cardiol. 1997; 60(3): 311-314.

Affiliation

Department of Internal Medicine (Cardiology), National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9261644

Abstract

Previous studies have shown that propranolol, an effective mainstay for angina pectoris and unstable angina, can induce coronary arterial spasm in patients with variant angina. However, no report has yet associated it with painless Prinzmetal's ST elevation in patients without a history of variant angina. The present communication describes such an unusual and negligible case after propranolol overdose. Coronary arterial spasm can be induced by beta-blocker, not only in patients with variant angina but also in normal persons.

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