Case reports in cardiology
Rapid Progression of a CT-Defined Vulnerable Coronary Plaque: A Multimodality Imaging Case Report.
B S H Hagen, P A Diemen, M J Bom, S P Schumacher, A C van Rossum, A Nap, M P Opolski, C J W Verouden, I Danad, P Knaapen
Published: 202510.1155/cric/9999700
Abstract
Open AccessRapid progression of vulnerable plaques due to intraplaque neovascularization and hemorrhage is deemed as an important process preceding plaque rupture leading to myocardial infarction. We present a patient with a rapidly progressive vulnerable plaque assessed by means of coronary computed tomography angiography and serial invasive coronary angiography.