The role of a multimodality imaging approach in diagnosis and stratification of aborted sudden cardiac death

Juan Quintanilla; Cesar Avila; Manuel Meraz; Carlos Jerjes-Sanchez; Erasmo de la Peña-Almaguer; Antonio Diaz-Cid; Luis Sanchez; Alejandro R Trevino; Luis Carlos Perez

doi:10.1016/j.cjca.2014.10.010

The role of a multimodality imaging approach in diagnosis and stratification of aborted sudden cardiac death

Can J Cardiol. 2015 Jan;31(1):103.e9-103.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2014.10.010. Epub 2014 Oct 12.

Authors

Juan Quintanilla¹, Cesar Avila¹, Manuel Meraz¹, Carlos Jerjes-Sanchez², Erasmo de la Peña-Almaguer¹, Antonio Diaz-Cid¹, Luis Sanchez¹, Alejandro R Trevino¹, Luis Carlos Perez¹

Affiliations

¹ Instituto de Cardiologia y Medicina Vascular, TEC Salud, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico.
² Instituto de Cardiologia y Medicina Vascular, TEC Salud, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico. Electronic address: jerjes@prodigy.net.mx.

PMID: 25547563
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2014.10.010

Abstract

A 34-year-old man was admitted after an episode of aborted sudden cardiac death. The initial investigation including electrocardiogram, chest x-ray, transthoracic echocardiogram, and biomarkers were normal. Although coronary angiography showed nonsevere stenosis, optical coherence tomography revealed severe obstruction in the artery with a layered appearance of the vessel wall; it was consistent with the presence of mural thrombus.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Adult
Coronary Angiography / methods*
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / complications
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnosis*
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography / methods*
Humans
Male
Multimodal Imaging / methods*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*