Healed coronary plaque rupture as a cause of rapid lesion progression: a case demonstrated with in vivo histopathology by directional coronary atherectomy

Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 Nov 1;20(11):1317. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jez186.

Authors

Hiroko Tsuchiya¹, Akihiko Nakano¹, Norihito Nakamura², Gaku Nakazawa², Kazuaki Negishi³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Gunma-ken Saiseikai-Maebashi Hospital, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.
² Department of Cardiology, Tokai University Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
³ Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney Medical School Nepean, Charles Perkins Centre Nepean, The University of Sydney, 62 Derby Street, Kingswood, NSW 2747, Australia.

PMID: 31302667
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jez186

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Atherectomy, Coronary*
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Artery Disease / pathology
Coronary Artery Disease / surgery*
Disease Progression
Endosonography
Humans
Male
Plaque, Atherosclerotic / diagnostic imaging*
Plaque, Atherosclerotic / pathology
Plaque, Atherosclerotic / surgery*
Rupture
Tomography, Optical Coherence