Intravascular Ultrasound-Detected Intimal Flap Predicts Acute Diagonal Branch Occlusion After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation
An 81-year-old man with prior myocardial infarction underwent follow-up coronary angiography, which showed severe mid-left anterior descending artery stenosis with the first diagonal branch arising from the lesion. Percutaneous coronary intervention was performed with diagonal branch protection.
Authors
- Takashi Kajiya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7353-1206)
- Yasuaki Enokida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4562-7083)
- Nobuhiko Atsuchi
- Toshiko Ninomiya
- Tatsuo Yokomine
- Tatsuro Takei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8733-473X)
- Mitsuru Ohishi
Institutions
- Kagoshima University (JP)
- Kagoshima University Hospital (JP)
- Kagoshima Medical Center (JP)
- Toujinkai Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of invasive cardiology/The journal of invasive cardiology
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25270/jic/25.00230
- Primary Topic
- Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00