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Spontaneous coronary artery dissection evaluated by optical coherence tomography.
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PMID:  21844817     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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A 42-year-old woman underwent coronary angiography for acute coronary syndrome. It showed a progressive narrowing from the middle segment of the left anterior descending artery. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) confirmed the angiographic suspicion of spontaneous coronary dissection. OCT also revealed different patterns of subjacent disease, imperceptible to the angiography: areas of intramural hematoma with blood stasis, progressive compromise of the true lumen, and areas with active flow through the false lumen. It also detected the distal guidewire going out from the true to the false lumen, a feature of capital importance to lead an eventual coronary intervention.
Authors:
Diego Iglesias; Pablo Salinas; Santiago Jiménez-Valero
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-8-12
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of cardiovascular medicine (Hagerstown, Md.)     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1558-2035     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-8-16     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101259752     Medline TA:  J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown)     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Interventional Cardiology Unit, Cardiology Department, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
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