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| Year : 2019 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 215-216 |
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Coronary Dissection or Pseudoaneurysm? An Ambiguity Resolved by Optical Coherence Tomography
Pradyot Tiwari, Tejas Patel, Sanjay Shah
Department of Cardiology, Apex Heart Institute, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
| Date of Submission | 03-Sep-2019 |
| Date of Decision | 24-Sep-2019 |
| Date of Acceptance | 24-Sep-2019 |
| Date of Web Publication | 20-Dec-2019 |
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Pradyot Tiwari
Apex Heart Institute, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jpcs.jpcs_53_19
Coronary angiographic appearance of ambiguous-looking lesions can be deciphered by the use of optical coherence tomography. An apparent pseudoaneurysm on coronary angiography turned out to be a coronary dissection associated with aneurysm formation.
Keywords: Aneurysm, dissection, pseudoaneurysm
How to cite this article:
Tiwari P, Patel T, Shah S. Coronary Dissection or Pseudoaneurysm? An Ambiguity Resolved by Optical Coherence Tomography. J Pract Cardiovasc Sci 2019;5:215-6 |
How to cite this URL:
Tiwari P, Patel T, Shah S. Coronary Dissection or Pseudoaneurysm? An Ambiguity Resolved by Optical Coherence Tomography. J Pract Cardiovasc Sci [serial online] 2019 [cited 2023 Mar 22];5:215-6. Available from: https://www.j-pcs.org/text.asp?2019/5/3/215/273745 |
A 48-year-old male presented to us with recent anterior wall myocardial infarction. Coronary angiography revealed 90% tubular stenosis in the proximal left anterior descending (LAD) with an ambiguous saccular lesion just adjacent to it (outside the boundary of the lumen) and connected to it via a narrow neck [Figure 1]a. Coronary angiographic appearance led to a differential diagnosis of (1) coronary pseudoaneurysm (narrow neck of focal outpouching), (2) coronary dissection (? dissection flap), and (3) coronary aneurysm (focal outpouching but narrow neck against it). | Figure 1: (a) Coronary angiography showing a 90% stenosis in proximal left anterior descending with an ambiguous saccular lesion just adjacent to it with a narrow neck. (b) Optical coherence tomography image showing a dissection flap with aneurysm formation with intact three-layered wall.
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To characterize the disease, intravascular imaging with optical coherence tomography (OCT) was planned and revealed the culprit lesion as coronary dissection (dissection flap seen) with aneurysm formation (focal outpouching with intact three-layered wall) [Figure 1]b. Following delineation of the pathology of the lesion, LAD stenting followed to focal high-pressure postdilatation of the disease segment was undertaken. The importance of this case lies in the fact that intravascular imaging by OCT can help us differentiate these ambiguous-looking angiographic lesions and plan further management.
Teaching points:
- Ambiguous-looking lesions on coronary angiography should undergo intravascular OCT imaging to better delineate the lesion and plan further management
- Association of coronary dissection and pseudoaneurysm has been reported, but coronary aneurysm associated with dissection is rare and occurs in cases where dissection plane is intraintimal.
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