Intravascular Ultrasonic Imaging of Vulnerable Plaque in a Bare Metal Stent 10 Years After Implantation
Author(s) -
Kanae Hasegawa,
Masahiro Ito,
Masato Oda,
Satoru Hirono,
Takuya Ozawa,
Komei Tanaka,
Hiroaki Obata,
Makoto Kodama,
Yoshifusa Aizawa
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.110.969840
Subject(s) - medicine , medical school , medical education
A 77-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with unstable angina pectoris. She was previously diagnosed as having both mitral valve regurgitation and aortic valve stenosis and underwent surgery for replacement of both valves when she was 61 years of age. At 66 years of age, she was admitted to our hospital for angina pectoris and underwent implantation of a bare metal stent (BMS; 3.5×15 mm, Multilink, Guidant, Santa Clara, Calif) at the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery. Her …
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