Some notes on the diagnosis of the micro vascular angina and X syndrome

Authors

  • José Alberto Alfonso de León Hospital Universitario Clínico Quirúrgico "Cmdte. Faustino Pérez Hernández”.
  • Maricela Pérez Cruz Hospital Universitario Clínico Quirúrgico Docente "Cmdte. Faustino Pérez Hernández”.
  • María del Carmen Álvarez Escobar Hospital Universitario Clínico Quirúrgico "Cmdte. Faustino Pérez Hernández”.
  • Héctor Lima Gutiérrez Hospital Universitario Clínico Quirúrgico "Cmdte. Faustino Pérez Hernández”.
  • Ana Gloria Alfonso de León Hospital Provincial “José Ramón López Tabrane”.

Keywords:

MICROVASCULAR ANGINA, DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING, NUCLEAR MEDICINE, HUMANS, ADULT, AGED

Abstract

The term X syndrome is habitually used to define a group of patients presenting characteristic thoracic pain, depression of the ST segment during the effort and coronary arteries angiographically normal. Clinically it presents with a typical angina's pain not always related with the effort and frequently prolonged, making it difficult the diagnosis. There is a great diversity of complementary analysis and tests, some directed to the already known causes, and other directed to the diagnosis of the entity, being the imagine study and the studies of nuclear medicine the most outstanding.

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2009-01-15

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Alfonso de León JA, Pérez Cruz M, Álvarez Escobar M del C, Lima Gutiérrez H, Alfonso de León AG. Some notes on the diagnosis of the micro vascular angina and X syndrome. Rev Méd Electrón [Internet]. 2009 Jan. 15 [cited 2025 Jan. 23];31(1):53-9. Available from: https://revmedicaelectronica.sld.cu/index.php/rme/article/view/583

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