Optical Coherence Tomography for the Diagnosis of Exercise-Related Acute Cardiovascular Events and Inconclusive Coronary Angiography

Figure 1

Case . Plaque rupture. (a) Coronary angiography demonstrated a nonsignificant stenosis in the mid-left anterior descending artery (white box). (b) OCT analysis showed a fibrolipidic plaque with possible cholesterol crystals (white arrow) and neovascularization (red arrow). (c, d) OCT revealed a plaque rupture (yellow arrow) and a thin cap fibroatheroma (blue arrow). Shadow caused by the wire. OCT: optical coherence tomography.

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