Various types of plaque disruption in culprit coronary artery visualized by optical coherence tomography in a patient with unstable angina

Circ J. 2009 Jan;73(1):187-9. doi: 10.1253/circj.cj-07-0715. Epub 2008 Nov 11.

Abstract

A 58-year-old man underwent cardiac catheterization for unstable angina. The coronary angiogram revealed severe stenosis of the right coronary artery. Although 20-MHz, phased-array intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) only visualized eccentric, low echoic plaque at the culprit site, optical coherence tomography (OCT) clearly revealed ruptured plaque and an intraluminal thrombus. OCT also revealed a small ruptured plaque and an eroded plaque with intraluminal thrombi in a distal site remote from the culprit lesion, neither of which was visualized by IVUS.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angina, Unstable* / therapy
  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Carotid Arteries / diagnostic imaging
  • Carotid Arteries / pathology*
  • Carotid Stenosis / diagnosis
  • Carotid Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Carotid Stenosis / pathology*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Stenosis / diagnosis
  • Coronary Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Stenosis / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence*
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional