Song X, Wang F, Zhang F, Qi X, Dang Y. Successful optical coherence tomography-guided treatment in a 19-year-old patient with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction caused by plaque erosion.
J Int Med Res 2021;
49:3000605211039794. [PMID:
34461769 PMCID:
PMC8414937 DOI:
10.1177/03000605211039794]
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Abstract
ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction is a type of coronary atherosclerotic heart
disease, and its pathophysiological mechanism is formation of lipid plaques. We report a
19-year-old patient with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction caused by plaque
erosion, but he did not have any common traditional risk factors of lipid plaques. His
treatment was guided by optical coherence tomography. He received successful treatment and
had a good prognosis. Optical coherence tomography can be used to help understand the
pathogenesis of myocardial infarction and visualize the real lumen.
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