Coronary artery spasm - Prevention
Alternative Names
Variant angina; Angina - variant; Prinzmetal's angina
Prevention:
Prevention involves avoiding triggers and taking measures to reduce your risk of atherosclerosis. This may a low-fat diet and increased exercise.
If you have this condition, you should avoid exposure to cold, cocaine use, cigarette smoking, and high stress situations, which can trigger a spasm.
- Reviewed last on: 5/19/2008
- Larry A. Weinrauch, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Private practice specializing in Cardiovascular Disease, Watertown, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
References
Cannon CP, Braunwald E. Unstable angina and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction. In: Libby P, Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, eds. Libby: Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 8th ed. Saunders; 2007:chap 53.
