Spontaneous Recanalization of Coronary Thrombus in a Patient With Polycythemia Vera

Sara Schukraft, MD; Serban Puricel, MD; Mario Togni, MD; Adrian Attinger-Toller, MD; Stéphane Cook, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Mar 2020)

Spontaneous Recanalization of Coronary Thrombus in a Patient With Polycythemia Vera

Sara Schukraft, MD,
Serban Puricel, MD,
Mario Togni, MD,
Adrian Attinger-Toller, MD,
Stéphane Cook, MD

Affiliations

Sara Schukraft, MD: Department of Cardiology, University and Hospital Fribourg, Switzerland
Serban Puricel, MD: Department of Cardiology, University and Hospital Fribourg, Switzerland
Mario Togni, MD: Department of Cardiology, University and Hospital Fribourg, Switzerland
Adrian Attinger-Toller, MD: Department of Cardiology, University and Hospital Fribourg, Switzerland
Stéphane Cook, MD: Address for correspondence: Prof. Stéphane Cook, Cardiology, University and Hospital Fribourg, Chemin des Pensionnats 2-6, Fribourg, Switzerland.; Department of Cardiology, University and Hospital Fribourg, Switzerland

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 3
pp. 497 – 498

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Spontaneous recanalized coronary thrombi (SRCT), a rare and under-diagnosed entity, are old thrombus formations characterized by multiple communicating channels. We report the case of a 72-year-old female patient who presented with SRCT in the context of polycythemia vera. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is the diagnostic method of choice. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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