Optical coherence tomography to identify the cause of an arrhythmic storm: A case report

A 56-year-old man experienced an aborted sudden death followed by an arrhythmic storm. Angiography revealed a non-severe lesion on the left circumflex artery that was treated medically but an arrhythmic storm recurred. A repeat angiogram was comparable but optical coherence tomography imaging reveal...

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Autores principales: Couture, Etienne L, Bérubé, Simon, Daneault, Benoit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5253198/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28163840
http://dx.doi.org/10.4330/wjc.v9.i1.71
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Sumario:A 56-year-old man experienced an aborted sudden death followed by an arrhythmic storm. Angiography revealed a non-severe lesion on the left circumflex artery that was treated medically but an arrhythmic storm recurred. A repeat angiogram was comparable but optical coherence tomography imaging revealed a ruptured plaque with intraluminal thrombosis. Percutaneous coronary intervention was performed and no arrhythmia recurred.