Acute coronary artery occlusion following intravascular ultrasound examination.
Intravascular ultrasound is considered as having few complications, most of them are just a transient coronary spasm. However, we experienced one case of acute left anterior descending coronary artery occlusion following an intravascular ultrasound study during the intervention and this was treated successfully with cardiopulmonary resuscitation and stent implantation.
Nam
Chang-Wook
CW
Hur
Seung-Ho
SH
Han
Seong-Wook
SW
Lee
Young-Soo
YS
Kim
Kee-Sik
KS
Kim
Yoon-Nyun
YN
Kim
Kwon-Bae
KB
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology