Plaque erosion or coronary artery embolism? Findings from clinical presentation, optical coherence tomographic and histopathological analysis in a case with acute coronary syndrome

Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 Oct;35(10):1791-1792. doi: 10.1007/s10554-019-01641-6. Epub 2019 Jun 6.

Authors

Satoshi Kitahara¹, Yu Kataoka², Fumiyuki Otsuka¹, Hayato Hosoda¹, Yasuhide Asaumi¹, Teruo Noguchi¹, Satoshi Yasuda¹

Affiliations

¹ National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan.
² National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan. yu.kataoka@ncvc.go.jp.

PMID: 31172391
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-019-01641-6

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Disease / complications
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Artery Disease / pathology*
Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Vessels / pathology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Embolism / complications
Embolism / diagnostic imaging*
Embolism / pathology*
Female
Humans
Plaque, Atherosclerotic
Predictive Value of Tests
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / etiology
Tomography, Optical Coherence*