Coronary artery stent placement in patients with variant angina refractoryto medical treatment

We performed a prospective study to establish the efficacy of coronary sten t placement in a highly selected group of patients with focal coronary arte ry spasm in whom anginal attacks could not be prevented by full medical the rapy. The results of this study indicate that intracoronary stent placement may represent an alternative and feasible treatment for patients with vaso spastic angina refractory to aggressive medical therapy.