Thrombus aspiration without stenting in a patient with anterior STEMI: Regression and healing of an unstable plaque assessed by OCT at 24 months of follow-up.
Avtandil M BabunashviliSamir B PancholyTamara BabunashviliAlexander ProkhorovPublished in: Clinical case reports (2021)
In selected cases, when STEMI caused by mild or moderate degree lesion with a large concomitant thrombus, additional OCT-guided PCI strategy after thrombus removal allows us to defer stenting with the follow-up natural healing of the vessel wall.
Keyphrases
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- antiplatelet therapy
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- coronary artery disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- optical coherence tomography
- acute myocardial infarction
- diabetic retinopathy
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- case report
- high intensity
- optic nerve
- coronary artery bypass