Culprit segments identified by optical coherence tomography in patients with acute myocardial infarction: Two case reports

Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-51

  Sato, Daisuke ^a   Koga, Seiji ^a   Yasunaga, Tomohiko ^a   Nakata, Tomoo ^a   Takeno, Masayoshi ^a   Koide, Yuji ^a   Ikeda, Satoshi ^a   Ashizawa, Naoto ^a   Maemura, Koji ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Optical coherence tomography; Plaque rupture; Thrombus; Ulcer

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; THROMBUS ASPIRATION;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84862999966     PISSN: 18684300     EISSN: 18684297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12928-011-0081-0     Document Type: Article

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