title: Coronary plaque ulceration documented at sequential angiography and confirmed by optical coherence tomography in a patient with recurrent acute coronary syndrome.
abstract: : A 51-year-old man was hospitalized for recurrence of acute coronary syndrome after few months. Coronary angiography during first hospitalization showed no significant coronary stenosis, while the second time, right coronary artery presented an expansion at the proximal segment. Optical coherence tomography documented a long fibroatheroma with an ulceration and residual white thrombus.
authors.affiliation: UO Cardiologia, Laboratorio di Emodinamica, Fondazione IRCCS, Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferlini
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Potenza
authors.forename: Erica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ferrara
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferrario
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Repetto
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marinoni
authors.forename: Luigi O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Visconti
authors.forename: Ezio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bramucci
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000295:instrumentation; D058226:Plaque, Atherosclerotic; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012008:Recurrence; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014456:Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy