Open AccessLotus root‐like appearance in the left anterior descending artery treated with a drug‐coated balloon angioplasty
Author(s) -
Takagi Wataru,
Okada Tomoaki,
Nosaka Kazumasa,
Miyoshi Toru,
Doi Masayuki
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.6028
Subject(s) - medicine , angioplasty , optical coherence tomography , balloon , artery , lumen (anatomy) , cardiology , radiology
A lotus root‐like appearance of the coronary artery diagnosed by optical coherence tomography (OCT) is characterized by old coronary thrombi that form small lumen channels. Herein, serial OCT images of a left anterior descending artery with a lotus root‐like appearance, treated with drug‐coated balloon angioplasty are described.