Serial angiographic evidence of rapid resolution of coronary artery stenosis

Chest. 1983 Sep;84(3):302-4. doi: 10.1378/chest.84.3.302.

Abstract

An example of rapid, spontaneous resolution of an eccentric coronary luminal narrowing from 95 percent to 80 percent and subsequently to 50 percent stenosis over a six-week time period is presented. Spontaneous thrombolysis is proposed as the explanation for these changes and is discussed with reference to existing experimental and clinical observations.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angina Pectoris / drug therapy
  • Angina Pectoris / etiology
  • Angiography / methods*
  • Angioplasty, Balloon
  • Aspirin / therapeutic use
  • Coronary Disease / complications
  • Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronary Disease / physiopathology
  • Dipyridamole / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nitroglycerin / therapeutic use
  • Remission, Spontaneous

Substances

  • Dipyridamole
  • Nitroglycerin
  • Aspirin