Continuous 1-Month Release of Cholesterol Crystals in a Patient With Acute Coronary Syndrome After Stenting

Coronary stenting was performed for a 76-year-old patient with acute coronary syndrome with severe stenosis of the right coronary artery. Puff rupture including cholesterol crystals was detected on nonobstructive general angioscopy. One month after intervention, continuous release of cholesterol cry...

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Autores principales: Takahashi, Satoru, Komatsu, Sei, Takewa, Mitsuhiko, Yutani, Chikao, Kodama, Kazuhisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9091520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35573854
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.03.019
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Sumario:Coronary stenting was performed for a 76-year-old patient with acute coronary syndrome with severe stenosis of the right coronary artery. Puff rupture including cholesterol crystals was detected on nonobstructive general angioscopy. One month after intervention, continuous release of cholesterol crystals was found despite successful percutaneous coronary intervention. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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