Coronary plaque ulceration documented at sequential angiography and confirmed by optical coherence tomography in a patient with recurrent acute coronary syndrome

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2016 Dec:17 Suppl 2:e144-e145. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0000000000000167.

Abstract

: A 51-year-old man was hospitalized for recurrence of acute coronary syndrome after few months. Coronary angiography during first hospitalization showed no significant coronary stenosis, while the second time, right coronary artery presented an expansion at the proximal segment. Optical coherence tomography documented a long fibroatheroma with an ulceration and residual white thrombus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Coronary Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Acute Coronary Syndrome / etiology*
  • Acute Coronary Syndrome / therapy
  • Coronary Angiography / methods*
  • Coronary Artery Disease / complications
  • Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronary Artery Disease / therapy
  • Coronary Stenosis / complications
  • Coronary Stenosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging*
  • Drug-Eluting Stents
  • Electrocardiography
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / instrumentation
  • Plaque, Atherosclerotic*
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Recurrence
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence*
  • Ulcer / complications
  • Ulcer / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ulcer / therapy