CORONARY-ARTERY SPASM COMPLICATING ANAPHYLAXIS SECONDARY TO SKIN DISINFECTANT

Authors
CONRAADS VMA JORENS PG EBO DG CLAEYS MJ BOSMANS JM VRINTS CJ
Citation
Vma. Conraads et al., CORONARY-ARTERY SPASM COMPLICATING ANAPHYLAXIS SECONDARY TO SKIN DISINFECTANT, Chest, 113(5), 1998, pp. 1417-1419
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System","Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
113
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1417 - 1419
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1998)113:5<1417:CSCAST>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We report a patient in whom presumed vasospasm of an angiographically normal coronary artery led to severe transmural myocardial ischemia. T o our knowledge, this is the first case in which an allergic reaction to locally applied chlorhexidine caused such a severe reaction.