Combined in vivo insights unraveling the underlying substrate of an acute myocardial infarction treated with a bioabsorbable vascular scaffold: from imaging to pathology

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2014 Mar;7(3):e17-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2013.05.035.

Authors

Fernando Alfonso¹, Cecilia Cuevas², Pilar Jimenez-Quevedo², Nieves Gonzalo², Natalia Escribano³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Institute, San Carlos University Hospital, IdISSC, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Institute, San Carlos University Hospital, IdISSC, Madrid, Spain.
³ Department of Pathology, Cardiovascular Institute, San Carlos University Hospital, IdISSC, Madrid, Spain.

PMID: 24650414
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2013.05.035

No abstract available

Keywords: bioabsorbable vascular scaffold; myocardial infarction; necrotic core; thromboaspiration; thrombus.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Absorbable Implants*
Aged, 80 and over
Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Vessels / pathology
Coronary Vessels / surgery*
Electrocardiography
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis
Myocardial Infarction / therapy*
Myocardial Revascularization / methods*
Myocardium / pathology*
Prosthesis Design
Tissue Scaffolds*
Tomography, Optical Coherence