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BACKGROUND: Spontaneous coronary artery rupture (SCAR) is an extremely rare and highly lethal disease. CASE SUMMARY: A 74-year-old man who had undergone respiratory surgery (robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery) presented with exertional dyspnoea since postoperative day (POD) 6. Echocardiography and contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed diffuse pericardial effusion, and a 12-lead electrocardiogram showed widespread concave ST-segment elevation. The diagnosis of acute pericarditis was made based on the absence of significant elevation of cardiac enzymes and the presence of elevated C-reactive peptide levels. The patient was started on anti-inflammatory medication, including steroids; however, on POD 11, the patient developed a sudden cardiopulmonary arrest due to cardiac tamponade. Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation was performed, and an emergency coronary angiography showed contrast extravasation from the left anterior descending artery to the epicardium. He was diagnosed with SCAR and underwent transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) and pericardial drainage. DISCUSSION: In this case, SCAR occurred during the course of acute pericarditis. We speculated that the cause of SCAR was more affected with pericarditis than injury by the respiratory surgery. The clinical course of acute pericarditis generally has a good prognosis, but the rare occurrence of fatal complications should be considered, suggesting the need for careful follow-up. In addition, TAE was a less invasive and feasible treatment for SCAR.
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Neuropatias Amiloides Familiares/complicações , Amiloide/metabolismo , Estenose da Valva Aórtica/etiologia , Valva Aórtica/metabolismo , Bioprótese , Cardiomiopatias/complicações , Substituição da Valva Aórtica Transcateter/métodos , Idoso , Neuropatias Amiloides Familiares/diagnóstico , Neuropatias Amiloides Familiares/metabolismo , Valva Aórtica/diagnóstico por imagem , Valva Aórtica/cirurgia , Estenose da Valva Aórtica/diagnóstico , Estenose da Valva Aórtica/cirurgia , Biópsia , Cardiomiopatias/diagnóstico , Cardiomiopatias/metabolismo , Progressão da Doença , Ecocardiografia , Seguimentos , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Imagem Cinética por Ressonância Magnética , Masculino , Fatores de TempoRESUMO
AIMS: This study aimed to assess the clinical efficacy of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)-guided intraplaque wiring for femoropopliteal (FP) chronic total occlusion (CTO). METHODS: This single-center, retrospective, observational study was performed at the Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daini Hospital. From March 2013 to June 2017, a total of 75 consecutive patients (mean age: 75.4±8.5 years; 59 males), who underwent endovascular treatment (EVT), having 82 de novo FP-CTO lesions, were enrolled in this study. Eleven of the lesions that met the exclusion criteria were excluded, and the remaining 71 lesions were divided into the IVUS-guided wiring group (n=34) and non-IVUS-guided wiring group (n=37). Primary patency, defined as a peak systolic velocity ratio of ï¼2.4 on duplex ultrasonography, and freedom from clinically driven target lesion revascularization (CD-TLR) at 12 months were the primary outcomes. RESULTS: The mean lesion length was 21.6±8.9 cm. The frequencies of primary patency and freedom from CD-TLR were significantly higher in the IVUS-guided wiring group than in the non-IVUS-guided wiring group (70.0% vs. 52.2%, p=0.045; 83.9% vs. 62.8%, p=0.036, respectively). The complete clinically true lumen angioplasty rate was also higher in the IVUS-guided wiring group than in the non-IVUS-guided wiring group (91.1% vs. 51.3%, pï¼0.001, respectively). The clinically true and false wire passage rates were respectively 97.3% and 2.7% in the IVUS-guided wiring group. CONCLUSION: IVUS-guided wiring improves the clinical outcomes of EVT for FP-CTO by achieving a high clinically true lumen wire passage rate.