Frequency-domain optical coherence tomography evaluation of a patient with Kawasaki disease and severely calcified plaque

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Feb 1;171(2):281-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.11.084. Epub 2013 Dec 4.

Authors

Yusuke Fujino¹, Guilherme F Attizzani², Satoko Tahara³, Kensuke Takagi³, Hiram G Bezerra⁴, Sunao Nakamura³, Marco A Costa⁴

Affiliations

¹ New Tokyo Hospital, Chiba, Japan. Electronic address: yusuke.fujino1979@gmail.com.
² University Hospitals, Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, United States; Ferrarotto Hospital, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
³ New Tokyo Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
⁴ University Hospitals, Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, United States.

PMID: 24365617
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.11.084

No abstract available

Keywords: Calcified plaque; Drug-eluting stents; Kawasaki disease; Optical coherence tomography.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary
Coronary Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Aneurysm / pathology*
Coronary Aneurysm / therapy
Drug-Eluting Stents
Female
Humans
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / pathology*
Radiography
Severity of Illness Index
Tomography, Optical Coherence*
Vascular Calcification / diagnostic imaging
Vascular Calcification / pathology*
Vascular Calcification / therapy