First observation of acute coronary syndrome triggered by calcified nodules. Angiographic and optical coherence assessment

Int J Cardiol. 2014 May 15;173(3):e70-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.03.164. Epub 2014 Mar 28.

Authors

Ramón Rodríguez-Olivares¹, Arturo García-Touchard², Roberto Diletti¹, Juan Francisco Oteo³, Jose Antonio Fernández-Díaz³, Jose Ramón Domínguez-Domínguez³, Javier Goicolea Ruigómez³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Interventional Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
² Department of Interventional Cardiology, Puerta de Hierro University Hospital, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: agtouchard@gmail.com.
³ Department of Interventional Cardiology, Puerta de Hierro University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.

PMID: 24717327
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.03.164

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome; Calcified nodules; Optical coherence tomography; Thrombosis.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Acute Coronary Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*
Acute Coronary Syndrome / etiology
Aged
Coronary Angiography*
Humans
Male
Tomography, Optical Coherence*
Vascular Calcification / complications
Vascular Calcification / diagnostic imaging*