Optical coherence tomography to identify the cause of an arrhythmic storm: A case report.
A 56-year-old man experienced an aborted sudden death followed by an arrhythmic storm. Angiography revealed a non-severe lesion on the left circumflex artery that was treated medically but an arrhythmic storm recurred. A repeat angiogram was comparable but optical coherence tomography imaging revealed a ruptured plaque with intraluminal thrombosis. Percutaneous coronary intervention was performed and no arrhythmia recurred.
Etienne L Couture, Simon Bérubé, Benoit Daneault, Division of Cardiology, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke J1H 5N4, Canada.
Etienne L
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Couture
Etienne L Couture, Simon Bérubé, Benoit Daneault, Division of Cardiology, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke J1H 5N4, Canada.
Simon
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Bérubé
Etienne L Couture, Simon Bérubé, Benoit Daneault, Division of Cardiology, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke J1H 5N4, Canada.
Benoit
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Daneault
Arrhythmic storm; Optical coherence tomography; Sudden death