Coronary spasm associated myocardial infarction without organic stenosis at acute stage Yoshiaki Mikuriya*, Yoichi Tatsukawa*, Fumie Yufu*, Hirofumi Zaizen*, Katsuhiro Wakayama*, Yuuki Matsumoto*, Shoji Yano*, Hajime Kataoka*, Masaru Nasu*, Masatomi Kadota**, Akira Tamura**, Koreyasu Kanzaki**. *The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College of Oita. **Department of Cardiovascular Division, Almeida Memorial Hnsnital Key words acute myocardial infarction coronary spasm normal coronary angiogram

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