title: Treatment of intracoronary thrombus using tirofiban in a patient with normal coronary arteries.
abstract: We report a 64-year-old Turkish man who presented with unstable angina pectoris. Coronary angiography revealed massive intracoronary thrombus, which completely occluded the distal part of the left circumflex coronary artery. The thrombotic segment and the rest of the coronary tree were free of atherosclerosis. The patient was treated with intravenous tirofiban, a glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor. A control angiography was performed one week later and showed total dissolution of the thrombus with tirofiban therapy.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Cardiology, Karaelmas University, Zonguldak, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozeren
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozkökeli
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Unalacak
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bilge
mesh_terms: D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000209:etiology*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000077466:Tirofiban; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D014443:Tyrosine; D000077466:Tirofiban