Chest Pain Caused by Myocardial Ischemia or Not: Sometimes the Old Handgrip Test Can Solve the Dilemma

Abstract We describe the case of a patient with typical chest pain but negative maximal bicycle exercise-electrocardiogram test and for whom significant coronary artery disease was hypothesized by a positive handgrip exercise test and demonstrated by coronary angiography. Despite negative exercise s...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Canadian journal of cardiology 2012-07, Vol.28 (4), p.515.e7-515.e9
Hauptverfasser:	Minardi, Giovanni, MD, FESC, Zampi, Giordano, MD, Pergolini, Amedeo, MD, Pero, Gaetano, MD, Moschella Orsini, Francesca, MD
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary Cardiovascular Chest Pain - etiology Chest Pain - physiopathology Chest Pain - therapy Coronary Angiography Coronary Artery Disease - diagnosis Coronary Artery Disease - physiopathology Coronary Artery Disease - therapy Coronary Vasospasm - diagnosis Coronary Vasospasm - physiopathology Coronary Vasospasm - therapy Diagnosis, Differential Drug-Eluting Stents Electrocardiography Exercise Test Hand Strength - physiology Humans Male Middle Aged Myocardial Ischemia - diagnosis Myocardial Ischemia - physiopathology Myocardial Ischemia - therapy Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted Sympathetic Nervous System - physiopathology
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