ST Elevation Infarction after Heart Transplantation Induced by Coronary Spasms and Mural Thrombus Detected by Optical Coherence Tomography
The case illustrates the possible link between coronary spasms, intraluminal thrombus formation, and widespread organized and layered thrombi in HTx patients. Furthermore, the case underlines the clinical value of OCT as a novel method for high-resolution vessel imaging in heart-transplanted (HTx) p...
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| author | Tor Skibsted Clemmensen Niels Ramsing Holm Hans Eiskjær Steen Hvitfeldt Poulsen Michael Maeng Christian Juhl Terkelsen Evald Høj Christiansen |
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| description | The case illustrates the possible link between coronary spasms, intraluminal thrombus formation, and widespread organized and layered thrombi in HTx patients. Furthermore, the case underlines the clinical value of OCT as a novel method for high-resolution vessel imaging in heart-transplanted (HTx) patients with coronary spasms and suspected coronary artery disease. Coronary spasms and sudden death are frequent complications after HTx. The underlying mechanisms leading to these complications are unknown. The present case displays the clinical course of a 19-year-old HTx patient who was hospitalized due to acute myocardial infarction induced by severe coronary spasms. The patients remained unstable on conservative therapy. Therefore, an optical coherence tomography (OCT) was performed and revealed massive, organized thrombi in the left main coronary artery, the circumflex coronary artery, and the left anterior descending coronary artery. The patient was stabilized after percutaneous coronary intervention. As a mural thrombus often goes undetected by coronary angiography, OCT may prove benefit in HTx patients with myocardial infarction or suspected coronary spasms. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2865e230433c46b8acd0d081793eba702025-02-03T01:23:05ZengWileyCase Reports in Transplantation2090-69432090-69512016-01-01201610.1155/2016/18638691863869ST Elevation Infarction after Heart Transplantation Induced by Coronary Spasms and Mural Thrombus Detected by Optical Coherence TomographyTor Skibsted Clemmensen0Niels Ramsing Holm1Hans Eiskjær2Steen Hvitfeldt Poulsen3Michael Maeng4Christian Juhl Terkelsen5Evald Høj Christiansen6Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, DenmarkDepartment of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, DenmarkDepartment of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, DenmarkDepartment of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, DenmarkDepartment of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, DenmarkDepartment of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, DenmarkDepartment of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, DenmarkThe case illustrates the possible link between coronary spasms, intraluminal thrombus formation, and widespread organized and layered thrombi in HTx patients. Furthermore, the case underlines the clinical value of OCT as a novel method for high-resolution vessel imaging in heart-transplanted (HTx) patients with coronary spasms and suspected coronary artery disease. Coronary spasms and sudden death are frequent complications after HTx. The underlying mechanisms leading to these complications are unknown. The present case displays the clinical course of a 19-year-old HTx patient who was hospitalized due to acute myocardial infarction induced by severe coronary spasms. The patients remained unstable on conservative therapy. Therefore, an optical coherence tomography (OCT) was performed and revealed massive, organized thrombi in the left main coronary artery, the circumflex coronary artery, and the left anterior descending coronary artery. The patient was stabilized after percutaneous coronary intervention. As a mural thrombus often goes undetected by coronary angiography, OCT may prove benefit in HTx patients with myocardial infarction or suspected coronary spasms.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1863869 |
| spellingShingle | Tor Skibsted Clemmensen Niels Ramsing Holm Hans Eiskjær Steen Hvitfeldt Poulsen Michael Maeng Christian Juhl Terkelsen Evald Høj Christiansen ST Elevation Infarction after Heart Transplantation Induced by Coronary Spasms and Mural Thrombus Detected by Optical Coherence Tomography Case Reports in Transplantation |
| title | ST Elevation Infarction after Heart Transplantation Induced by Coronary Spasms and Mural Thrombus Detected by Optical Coherence Tomography |
| title_full | ST Elevation Infarction after Heart Transplantation Induced by Coronary Spasms and Mural Thrombus Detected by Optical Coherence Tomography |
| title_fullStr | ST Elevation Infarction after Heart Transplantation Induced by Coronary Spasms and Mural Thrombus Detected by Optical Coherence Tomography |
| title_full_unstemmed | ST Elevation Infarction after Heart Transplantation Induced by Coronary Spasms and Mural Thrombus Detected by Optical Coherence Tomography |
| title_short | ST Elevation Infarction after Heart Transplantation Induced by Coronary Spasms and Mural Thrombus Detected by Optical Coherence Tomography |
| title_sort | st elevation infarction after heart transplantation induced by coronary spasms and mural thrombus detected by optical coherence tomography |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1863869 |
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