Intracoronary Thrombus

Received 25 May 2009; accepted 8 June 2009. published online 22 June 2009.

Abstract

We present the case of a 62 year old patient admitted with acute chest pain. Coronary CT angiography demonstrated presence of a high grade lesion with pronounced remodeling and the impression of an intracoronary thrombus in the proximal left circumflex coronary artery. Invasive angiography confirmed the presence of a thrombus; thrombus fragments were removed using an extraction device.

Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome, Coronary CT angiography, Thrombus

Department of Internal Medicine, University of Erlangen, Ulmenweg 18, Erlangen 91054, Germany

Corresponding author.

Conflict of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

Drs Achenbach and Marwan are supported by grant BMBF 01 EV 0708, from Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Bonn, Germany.

PII: S1934-5925(09)00267-6

doi:10.1016/j.jcct.2009.06.009

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