In angina pectoris - a fairly well-known disease of the cardiovascular system - there are many varieties. Vasospastic angina or as it is called - Prinzmetal angina, - one of them. This disease is considered quite rare and most unpredictable. There is a variable angina suddenly, for no apparent reason, and the patient delivers a lot of trouble.
The causes and symptoms of angina prinzmetal
Angina in any of its manifestations is due to the lack of oxygen coming to the heart muscle. The angina of Prinzmetal is caused by a spasm of the coronary arteries. The main difference of this disease is that during an attack in the affected area there are practically healthy arteries.
Struck by angina Prinzmetal most often patients of middle age - from 30 to 50 years. The disease manifests a severe attack of pain in the chest area. And discomfort can arise either after physical or emotional loads, and in a state of complete rest.
Prinzmetal angina may be caused by:
- supercooling;
- severe stress;
- smoking;
- hyperventilation;
- autoimmune diseases ;
- disorders of blood supply to the heart.
Attacks of variant angina Prinzmetal last no more than five minutes, but with unenviable persistence. Many patients complain that the feeling of "stone on the chest" occurs in them every day (more often - every night) for several months. After that, the disease recedes for a time, the attacks stop. But over time, everything repeats itself again.
It is possible to reliably determine the angina of Prinzmetal using ECG. Knowing the main symptoms of the disease, you can recognize it without special equipment. Angina is manifested:
- tachycardia ;
- headache, sometimes accompanied by nausea;
- pallor;
- a panic;
- depression.
Treatment of angina in Prinzmetal
Certainly, a specialist should be engaged in the treatment of angina pectoris. Most likely, to stop the attacks of the disease and their subsequent prevention will be used nitroglycerin or other drugs-nitrates prolonged action.
The patient, on his part, will have to do everything possible to ensure that all the seizure-induced factors are eliminated. That is, the patient, if necessary, will have to give up smoking, he will need to avoid stressful situations and, if possible, not freeze.