Ergonovine Provocation Echocardiography for Detection and Prognostication in Patients with Vasospastic Angina

Prinzmetal angina: echocardiographic captured and angiographically proven without provocative testing

“…1 Gold standard for diagnosis is provocative coronary angiography. 2 Ergonovine echocardiography can be safely used as diagnostic screening test for coronary vasospasm instead of invasive spasm provocation testing if significant fixed coronary stenosis is ruled out prior to the test. 4 5 Coronary vasospasm is an important cause of myocardial ischaemia.…”