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Recanalization in a Coronary Artery Thrombus

1973; American Medical Association; Volume: 224; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/jama.1973.03220220058007

1538-3598

Donald A. Spring,

Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

Recanalization in a thrombus obstructing the left anterior descending coronary artery was observed in a young man who sustained a transmural myocardial infarction at age 29. An excellent hemodynamic response to exercise stress testing was noted four years after infarction, despite a large left ventricular scar. Analysis of the coronary cineangiograms revealed two discrete vascular channels coursing through an apparent thrombosis at the site of an atherosclerotic segment of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery.