title: [Intravascular ultrasound-guided diagnosis after transmural anterior ischemia and cardiogenic shock].
abstract: Acute coronary syndrome, if complicated by cardiogenic shock, has a high mortality. Urgent coronary angiography is important for decision of therapy. The present paper reports on a patient without angiographically high grade stenosis after thrombolysis. The intravascular ultrasound examination (IVUS) was important for diagnosis of ruptured plaque of the left main stem. Therapy options are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Schüchtermann-Klinik, Herzzentrum Osnabrück-Bad Rothenfelde, Ulmenallee 11, 49214 Bad Rothenfelde, Germany. guido_luedorff@yahoo.de
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lüdorff
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Franz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thale
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Warnecke
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013997:Time Factors; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional