title: Salvage atherectomy: using retrieved tissue to determine the etiology of acute closure.
abstract: Directional coronary atherectomy was successfully performed in the mid-left anterior descending artery at the site of failed balloon angioplasty. We presumed that intracoronary thrombus had resulted in acute vessel closure following balloon angioplasty, due to the angiographic appearance of the lesion and the clinical situation. However, examination of the extracted specimen from the atherectomy device revealed predominantly atheromatous tissue with minimal thrombus.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Catheterization and Interventional Cardiovascular Laboratories, Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, California 90017, USA.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Mayeda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Misumi
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Matthews
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D017225:Atherectomy, Coronary; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016879:Salvage Therapy; D017211:Treatment Failure