Lotus root‐like appearance in the left anterior descending artery treated with a drug‐coated balloon angioplasty

Wataru Takagi; Tomoaki Okada; Kazumasa Nosaka; Toru Miyoshi; Masayuki Doi

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6028

Clinical Case Reports (Jul 2022)

Lotus root‐like appearance in the left anterior descending artery treated with a drug‐coated balloon angioplasty

Wataru Takagi,
Tomoaki Okada,
Kazumasa Nosaka,
Toru Miyoshi,
Masayuki Doi

Affiliations

Wataru Takagi: Department of Cardiology Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital Takamatsu City Japan
Tomoaki Okada: Department of Cardiology Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital Takamatsu City Japan
Kazumasa Nosaka: Department of Cardiology Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital Takamatsu City Japan
Toru Miyoshi: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Okayama University Okayama City Japan
Masayuki Doi: Department of Cardiology Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital Takamatsu City Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6028
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 7
pp. n/a – n/a

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Abstract A lotus root‐like appearance of the coronary artery diagnosed by optical coherence tomography (OCT) is characterized by old coronary thrombi that form small lumen channels. Herein, serial OCT images of a left anterior descending artery with a lotus root‐like appearance, treated with drug‐coated balloon angioplasty are described.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20500904

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