What eyes do not see the heart does not grieve over? The role of intracoronary imaging in acute myocardial infarction: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The evaluation of a three-dimensional structure with a two-dimensional imaging technique makes intracoronary diagnostic techniques essential, especially in the setting of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) when no apparent coronary lesions are detected. Expert consensus recommend their use in certain scenarios such as angiographically ambiguous disease and identification of the culprit lesion. Although both intravascular ultrasound and optical coherence tomography (OCT) allow the characterization of the atherosclerotic plaque and assess the immediate and long-term results of stent implantation, they have their own benefits and limitations that make them ideal for different types of coronary lesions.

Case summary

We present the case of a lateral ST-elevation myocard

SUBMITTER: Blasco-Turrion S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10504859 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature