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Cauliflower-Like Appearance of Calcified Nodules Observed by Coronary Angioscopy

Authors :
Yuki Ikegami
Nobuo Shiode
Hajime Takemoto
Kazuoki Dai
Kazuki Suruga
Yuji Shimatani
Kuniomi Oi
Tadanao Higaki
Koyu Sakai
Kenji Nishioka
Yasuharu Nakama
Tomoharu Kawase
Kazuyoshi Suenari
Yasuhisa Nakao
Masaya Otsuka
Yusuke Kobayashi
Yoshiko Masaoka
Source :
Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions. 10
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2017.

Abstract

Calcified nodules are known to be a rare cause of acute coronary syndrome.1 Calcified nodules are sometimes observed by intracoronary imaging modalities, such as coronary angioscopy, optical frequency domain imaging, and intravascular ultrasound during percutaneous coronary intervention procedures. The characteristics of the calcified nodules observed by intravascular ultrasound have been shown to have a convex shape with …

Details

ISSN :
19417632 and 19417640
Volume :
10
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....59ee0eb28ee3899435557689e89200a5