Optical Coherence Tomography for Guiding Plaque Stabilization in a Patient With Myocardial Infarction and Massive Coronary Thrombosis

J Invasive Cardiol. 2018 Jul;30(7):E59-E60.

Authors

Maksymilian P Opolski¹, Milosz J Jaguszewski, Mateusz Spiewak, Adam Witkowski

Affiliation

¹ Department of Interventional Cardiology and Angiology, Institute of Cardiology, Alpejska 42, 04-628 Warsaw, Poland. [email protected].

PMID: 29958180

Abstract

An OCT-guided watchful-waiting strategy is used to avoid the invasive treatment of the LMCA in a very young patient with massive coronary thrombosis.

Keywords: cardiac imaging; early coronary artery disease; medical therapy.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Alcoholism / complications*
Coronary Angiography / methods
Drug Monitoring / methods
Humans
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / administration & dosage*
Hyperlipidemias / complications*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / methods
Male
Marijuana Abuse / complications*
Myocardial Infarction* / diagnosis
Myocardial Infarction* / etiology
Myocardial Infarction* / physiopathology
Myocardial Infarction* / therapy
Obesity / complications*
Plaque, Atherosclerotic* / complications
Plaque, Atherosclerotic* / diagnostic imaging
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors* / administration & dosage
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors* / classification
Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult

Substances

Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors