PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, CLINICAL FEATURES AND TREATMENT OF MICROVASCULAR ANGINA: A REVIEW
Articles > Article · 2020
Authors: Hasan Selçuk Özkan, Latife Meral KAYIKÇIOĞLU
TURKISH MEDICAL STUDENT JOURNAL, International, 2020, vol 7, pp 154-158
DOI: 10.4274/tmsj.galenos.2020.07.03.06
Summary
Microvascular angina is a non-obstructive coronary syndrome which presents itself as anginal chest pain with different features compared to other causes of angina pectoris.Although, it occurs through a similar mechanism with the better-understood variant (prinzmetal) angina, unlike the former, microvascular angina affects the subendocardial thin, therefore less compliant vessels.It is essential for every medical practitioner to recognize a patient with microvascular angina, as the disease has some characteristic presentations, does not respond well to the classical treatments for angina pectoris, and eventually may result in serious complications later.