PLAQUE RUPTURE AS A CAUSE OF APPARENT CORONARY ANEURYSM FORMATION FOLLOWING DIRECTIONAL CORONARY ATHERECTOMY

Authors
MORIUCHI M SAITO S HONYE J TAKAIWA Y HORIUCHI K TAKAYAMA T YAJIMA J SHIMIZU T KANMATSUSE K TOBIS JM
Citation
M. Moriuchi et al., PLAQUE RUPTURE AS A CAUSE OF APPARENT CORONARY ANEURYSM FORMATION FOLLOWING DIRECTIONAL CORONARY ATHERECTOMY, Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 41(1), 1997, pp. 48-50
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00986569
Volume
41
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
48 - 50
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-6569(1997)41:1<48:PRAACO>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Late coronary aneurysm formation was observed following treatment by d irectional coronary atherectomy. Intravascular ultrasound disclosed th at the mechanism involved was plaque rupture. The cause of coronary an eurysm may be multifactorial after coronary interventions. Intravascul ar ultrasound imaging is useful for understanding the pathologic mecha nism of coronary aneurysm production. (C) 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.