title: Visualized plaque debris as a cause of distal embolization after percutaneous coronary intervention in patient with unstable angina.
abstract: Procedural complications of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for unstable angina are higher than for stable angina. We report a case in which coronary angioscopy proved the dislodgment of a large plaque fragment after Cutting Balloon angioplasty and confirmed our suspicion that plaque fragmentation can cause distal embolization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Imba-gun, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Shunta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Kyoichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomimura
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Seimiya
authors.forename: Masamichi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Takayoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohba
authors.forename: Ryota
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Uemura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000150:complications; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D017546:Angioscopy; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*