Recanalized Coronary Thrombus

Flavien Vincent, MD, PhD; Bertrand Ledermann, MD; Jean-Etienne Ricci, MD; Guillaume Cayla, MD, PhD; Benoit Lattuca, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (Dec 2020)

Recanalized Coronary Thrombus

Flavien Vincent, MD, PhD,
Bertrand Ledermann, MD,
Jean-Etienne Ricci, MD,
Guillaume Cayla, MD, PhD,
Benoit Lattuca, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Flavien Vincent, MD, PhD: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes, Service de Cardiologie, Nîmes, France; CHU Lille, Institut Cœur Poumon, Cardiology, Department of Interventional Cardiology for Coronary, Valves and Structural Heart Diseases, Inserm, U1011, Institut Pasteur de Lille, EGID, Université de Lille, Lille, France
Bertrand Ledermann, MD: Cardiology Department, Nîmes University Hospital, Nîmes, France
Jean-Etienne Ricci, MD: Cardiology Department, Nîmes University Hospital, Nîmes, France
Guillaume Cayla, MD, PhD: Cardiology Department, Nîmes University Hospital, Montpellier University, ACTION Study Group, Nîmes, France; Address for correspondence: Dr. Guillaume Cayla, Cardiology Department, Nîmes University Hospital, Place Debré, 30029 Nîmes, France.
Benoit Lattuca, MD, PhD: Cardiology Department, Nîmes University Hospital, Montpellier University, ACTION Study Group, Nîmes, France

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 15
pp. 2411 – 2413

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Pathological studies have revealed spontaneous recanalized coronary thrombi as a frequent evolution of coronary occlusions; however, they are poorly recognized on coronary angiography, and the optimal therapeutic strategy for clinical evolution is unknown. We report the role of optical coherence tomography in identifying a recanalized coronary thrombus causing myocardial ischemia after 11 years of follow-up. (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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