A white flapping structure in the coronary artery lumen observed by angioscopy after coronary thrombolysis--is this the "ruptured atheroma" that initiated the acute myocardial infarction?
The lumen of the coronary artery after thrombolysis using urokinase was successfully observed in patients with acute myocardial infarction. A white flapping material, resembling a ruptured atherosclerotic plaque, was seen.
Susawa
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Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
Yui
Y
Y
Hattori
R
R
Takatsu
Y
Y
Kawai
C
C
D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator