Repetitive catamenial myocardial infarction due to coronary artery spasm: a case report.

Nina TalmorMichael GurinNathaniel R Smilowitz Dana GossettBruria EisnerMitchell PleasureHarmony R Reynolds

Published in: European heart journal. Case reports (2023)

Initiating calcium channel blockade and suppressing cyclical variation in sex hormones resulted in improvement of her symptoms and cessation of monthly NSTEMI events due to coronary spasm. Catamenial coronary artery spasm is a rare, but clinically important, presentation of myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA).

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