Case reportLeft main coronary artery stenting in a patient with acute coronary syndrome complicated by embolisation of the diagonal branch of the left descending artery. Intra-vessel ultrasound/virtual histology findings
Araszkiewicz A, Lesiak M, Grygier M, Grajek S. Case reportLeft main coronary artery stenting in a patient with acute coronary syndrome complicated by embolisation of the diagonal branch of the left descending artery. Intra-vessel ultrasound/virtual histology findings. Advances in Interventional Cardiology/Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej. 2011;7(3):257-260. doi:10.5114/pwki.2011.24745.
APA
Araszkiewicz, A., Lesiak, M., Grygier, M., & Grajek, S. (2011). Case reportLeft main coronary artery stenting in a patient with acute coronary syndrome complicated by embolisation of the diagonal branch of the left descending artery. Intra-vessel ultrasound/virtual histology findings. Advances in Interventional Cardiology/Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej, 7(3), 257-260. https://doi.org/10.5114/pwki.2011.24745
Chicago
Araszkiewicz, Aleksander, Maciej Lesiak, Marek Grygier, and Stefan Grajek. 2011. "Case reportLeft main coronary artery stenting in a patient with acute coronary syndrome complicated by embolisation of the diagonal branch of the left descending artery. Intra-vessel ultrasound/virtual histology findings". Advances in Interventional Cardiology/Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej 7 (3): 257-260. doi:10.5114/pwki.2011.24745.
Harvard
Araszkiewicz, A., Lesiak, M., Grygier, M., and Grajek, S. (2011). Case reportLeft main coronary artery stenting in a patient with acute coronary syndrome complicated by embolisation of the diagonal branch of the left descending artery. Intra-vessel ultrasound/virtual histology findings. Advances in Interventional Cardiology/Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej, 7(3), pp.257-260. https://doi.org/10.5114/pwki.2011.24745
MLA
Araszkiewicz, Aleksander et al. "Case reportLeft main coronary artery stenting in a patient with acute coronary syndrome complicated by embolisation of the diagonal branch of the left descending artery. Intra-vessel ultrasound/virtual histology findings." Advances in Interventional Cardiology/Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej, vol. 7, no. 3, 2011, pp. 257-260. doi:10.5114/pwki.2011.24745.
Vancouver
Araszkiewicz A, Lesiak M, Grygier M, Grajek S. Case reportLeft main coronary artery stenting in a patient with acute coronary syndrome complicated by embolisation of the diagonal branch of the left descending artery. Intra-vessel ultrasound/virtual histology findings. Advances in Interventional Cardiology/Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej. 2011;7(3):257-260. doi:10.5114/pwki.2011.24745.
We present the case of a 44-year-old female patient with non-ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction treated with left main coronary artery (LMCA) angioplasty with stent implantation. The novel method of coronary artery imaging/virtual histology (IVUS/VH) was used to confirm the presence of thin cap fibroatheroma (TCFA) in LMCA. The procedure was complicated by occlusion of the diagonal branch with embolic material originating from the squized atherosclerotic plaque.
Keywords
left main coronary artery, intra-vessel ultrasound, virtual histology, complications
