Native coronary artery spasm after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is scarce. It frequently causes disastrous circulatory collapse. We report a 72-yr-old male, who experienced native coronary artery spasm and grafted artery spasm following CABG, which was successfully treated with coronary angiography and intracoronary injection of nitroglycerine.
Aged ; Coronary Angiography ; Coronary Artery Bypass/*adverse effects ; Coronary Vasospasm/drug therapy/*etiology ; *Coronary Vessels/drug effects/physiopathology/surgery ; Humans ; Male ; Nitroglycerin/therapeutic use ; Treatment Outcome ; Vasodilator Agents/therapeutic use