title: Thrombotic occlusion proximal to plaque rupture in acute myocardial infarction: evaluation by intravascular ultrasound and coronary angioscopy.
abstract: A 56-year-old man was admitted because of acute myocardial infarction for 10 h of onset. Emergent coronary angiography showed a total occlusion at the middle portion of the right coronary artery. After aspirating thrombus, high-grade stenosis was present in the distal segment. Angioscopy showed only a white thrombus, but not a yellow plaque nor a red thrombus at the initially occluded site. On the other hand, IVUS demonstrated large attenuation indicating a lipid core and cavity obstruction and angioscopy revealed a glittering yellow plaque and red thrombi in the distal segment. Precipitation of thrombus from the distal site to the middle site might have occurred. IVUS and angioscopy might be effective for detecting and evaluating the infarct-related vulnerable plaque and for making the therapeutic strategy when percutaneous coronary interventions are performed.
authors.forename: Sei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Komatsu
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Yasunori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Achenbach
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ebihara
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirayama
authors.forename: Kazuhisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kodama
mesh_terms: D017546:Angioscopy / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*