title: Culprit segments identified by optical coherence tomography in patients with acute myocardial infarction: two case reports.
abstract: The high resolution of optical coherence tomography (OCT) provides detailed information about coronary plaque morphology, which enables the mechanism of acute myocardial infarction to be evaluated. We describe two patients with acute myocardial infarction in whom culprit segments were identified by OCT, but not by either coronary angiography or intravascular ultrasound.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nagasaki University Hospital, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koga
authors.forename: Tomohiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasunaga
authors.forename: Tomoo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakata
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeno
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Koide
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ashizawa
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maemura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001241:Aspirin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006493:Heparin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D006493:Heparin; D001241:Aspirin