title: Detection of plaque rupture using 64-slice multidetector row computed tomography.
abstract: The present case report describes a 37-year-old man who presented to the emergency room with symptoms of a myocardial infarction but no high-grade stenosis on conventional catheter angiography. Consecutive multidetector row computed tomography of the coronary arteries showed an intimal flap along a fibrous plaque formation in the left anterior descending artery. This finding was found to represent a plaque rupture, and the lesion was treated with an 18 mm stent. Multidetector row computed tomography helped to correctly position the stent by identifying the exact location of the rupture along the long plaque formation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tuebingen, Germany. anja.reimann@med.uni-tuebingen.de <anja.reimann@med.uni-tuebingen.de>
authors.forename: Anja J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Reimann
authors.forename: Torsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heuschmid
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brodoefel
authors.forename: Christof
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Burgstahler
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schröder
authors.forename: Andreas F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Kopp
mesh_terms: D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed