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

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Case . Plaque erosion. (a) Coronary angiography showed a mildly irregular nonsignificant stenosis in the distal right coronary artery. (b) OCT demonstrated a fibrous plaque with neovascularization (yellow arrow) and intravascular thrombus (white arrow). (c) OCT revealed a large thrombus (white arrow) with irregular luminal surface (red arrow) in continuity with the fibrous plaque. Intimal tear was not detected. Shadow caused by the wire. OCT: optical coherence tomography.

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