title: Recanalized chronic coronary thrombus: unraveling a hazy coronary lesion by intravascular ultrasound.
abstract: Hazy lesions in coronary angiography can often be a puzzle for the interventional cardiologist. Recanalized chronic coronary thrombus, although rare, is one of the potential diagnoses. Intracoronary imaging with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) are tools that can guide to the correct diagnosis. We present the images of a case where IVUS was used to unravel such a lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Essex Cardiothoracic Centre, Nethermayne, Essex, UK.
authors.forename: Grigoris V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Karamasis
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Essex Cardiothoracic Centre, Nethermayne, Essex, UK.
authors.forename: Shayna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chotai
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Essex Cardiothoracic Centre, Nethermayne, Essex, UK.
authors.forename: Azhar A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Khokhar
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Essex Cardiothoracic Centre, Nethermayne, Essex, UK.
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Kelly
keywords: Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS); recanalized thrombus