Angioscopic coronary macromorphology after thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction.
In addition to a disruption of yellow plaque, vasospasm may also play a role in thrombotic occlusions of coronary arteries in small cases of infarction. Macroscopic vascular injury and thrombus seemed to be unnecessary for vasospasm culminating in myocardial infarction.
Arakawa
K
K
Department of Internal Medicine I, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan.
Mizuno
K
K
Shibuya
T
T
Etsuda
H
H
Tabata
H
H
Nagayoshi
H
H
Satomura
K
K
Isojima
K
K
Kurita
A
A
Nakamura
H
H
D000368:Aged; D017546:Angioscopy; D003116:Color; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D003329:Coronary Vasospasm / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D015588:Observer Variation; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy
D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents