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- Title
A lotus root-like appearance in both the left anterior descending and right coronary arteries.
- Authors
Kadowaki, Hiromu; Taguchi, Eiji; Kotono, Yoshihiro; Suzuyama, Hiroto; Yoshida, Masayoshi; Miyamoto, Shinzo; Sakamoto, Tomohiro; Nishigami, Kazuhiro; Nakao, Koichi
- Abstract
A 60-year-old man was referred to our hospital because of dyspnea on exertion. He was diagnosed with heart failure due to an old myocardial infarction. Myocardial stress perfusion scintigraphy revealed inducible myocardial ischemia. Coronary angiography revealed hazy slit lesions in both the left anterior descending (LAD) and right coronary arteries (RCA). We first performed percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on the LAD lesion. Subsequently, we performed PCI for the RCA lesion using multiple imaging modalities. We observed a lotus root-like appearance in both the LAD and RCA, and PCI was successful for both vessels. We describe this rare case in detail.
- Subjects
DYSPNEA; CORONARY arteries; HEART failure; MYOCARDIAL infarction; CORONARY angiography; PERCUTANEOUS coronary intervention; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Heart & Vessels, 2016, Vol 31, Issue 1, p124
- ISSN
0910-8327
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00380-014-0567-7