Recurrent Plaque Erosion in a Young Patient

Takayuki Niida; Maya Serhal; Rahul Sakhuja; Robert Yeh; Ik-Kyung Jang

doi:10.7326/aimcc.2022.1068

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases (Mar 2023)

Recurrent Plaque Erosion in a Young Patient

Takayuki Niida,
Maya Serhal,
Rahul Sakhuja,
Robert Yeh,
Ik-Kyung Jang

Affiliations

Takayuki Niida: 1Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Maya Serhal: 1Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Rahul Sakhuja: 1Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Robert Yeh: 2Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Ik-Kyung Jang: 1Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7326/aimcc.2022.1068
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 3

Abstract

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Plaque erosion is one of the important mechanisms of acute coronary syndromes. We report the first case of recurrent plaque erosion in a different vessel 9 years after the initial episode.

Published in Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases

ISSN: 2767-7664 (Online)
Publisher: American College of Physicians
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine
Website: https://www.acpjournals.org/journal/aimcc

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