title: Acquired coronary angiogenesis after myocardial infarction.
abstract: Acquired coronary artery microvascular fistulas have been reported in only a few patients after myocardial infarction. We describe 1 patient in whom serial coronary angiography demonstrated the development of coronary angiogenesis at the site of an old myocardial infarction. The area of neovascularity was associated with a large apical left ventricular thrombus. This finding suggests that growth-promoting mitogens are present in myocardium and thrombus and that angiogenesis occurs in some patients following myocardial infarction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, NY 14642.
authors.forename: N W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Shammas
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Sullebarger
authors.forename: O H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Rocco
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging