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Clinical Characteristics in Japanese Patients with Coexistent Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Coronary Vasospasm

Yukio Kazatani

Keisuke Matsuzaki

Eiki Murakami

Yuji Shigematsu

Kunio Hiwada

Koji Kodama, MD

The Second Department of Internal Medicine Ehime University School of Medicine Shitsukawa, Shigenobu-cho, Onsen-gun Ehime 791-0295, Japan

There are only a few reports concerning coexistent hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and vasospastic angina. Clinical characteristics in patients with both diseases have not been clarified yet. This study was designed to elucidate the relationship between chest pain and coronary vasospasm in HCM patients and to delineate clinical characteristics in patients with both HCM and coronary vasospasm.

First, 36 patients with HCM underwent acetylcholine provocation test for coronary vasospasm and were divided into two groups on the basis of presence or absence of coronary vasospasm. Next, the following risk factors for coronary artery disease were compared between the two groups: hypertension, smoking, hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus, and hyperuricemia.

Coronary vasospasm was induced in 10 (28%) of 36 patients with HCM. There were no significant differences in age and male gender between the two groups. Smoking was more prominent in HCM patients with than without coronary vasospasm (80% vs 35%, p<0.05), but there were no differences in the prevalence of other risk factors between the two groups.

In conclusion, coronary vasospasm appears to play a significant role in the etiology of myocardial ischemia in Japanese patients with HCM, and smoking might be a major risk factor for coexistence of HCM and coronary vasospasm.

Angiology, Vol. 49, No. 9, 849-855 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/000331979804900909


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