Calcified Nodule: A Rare Clinical Diagnosis in Patients Presenting With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Alexander Marschall; Fernando Rivero; David Del Val; Teresa Bastante; Javier Cuesta; Fernando Alfonso

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102122

Calcified Nodule: A Rare Clinical Diagnosis in Patients Presenting With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

JACC Case Rep. 2023 Nov 9:28:102122. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102122. eCollection 2023 Dec 20.

Authors

Alexander Marschall¹, Fernando Rivero¹, David Del Val¹, Teresa Bastante¹, Javier Cuesta¹, Fernando Alfonso¹

Affiliation

¹ Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, IIS-IP, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

Abstract

Calcified nodules (CNs) represent the least common cause of acute coronary syndrome. Furthermore, case reports describing CNs as the underlying cause for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction are exceptional. We present a patient with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction caused by a CN and outline the corresponding diagnostic angiographic and intracoronary imaging findings.

Keywords: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; calcified nodule; optical coherence tomography.

Publication types

Case Reports