A case of recurrent unstable angina – Insight from optical coherence tomography imaging

Intimal tear is a rare cause of ACS and is angiographically indistinguishable. OCT provides unprecendented insight to the mechanism of ACS with its near tissue level definition. This is a case of unstable angina with non-significant RCA lesion. OCT showed intimal tear/flaps with evidence of thrombi,...

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Main Authors: Suma M. Victor, Vijayakumar Subban
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-09-01
Series:Indian Heart Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019483216302504