RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Coronary artery spasm during balloon angioplasty in a patient receiving dopamine infusion
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 464
OP 466
VO 55
IS 5
A1 Paul T. McEniery
A1 Jay Hollman
YR 1988
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/55/5/464.abstract
AB A case of severe diffuse coronary artery spasm following percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) during an infusion of dopamine at 12 μg/kg/min is reported. Although the incidence is low (0.1% of women undergoing PTCA), the condition required prompt reversal with intraaortic balloon counterpulsation and intravenous nitroglycerin.