Does the angioscopic appearance of coronary-artery thrombi differ between unstable angina and acute myocardial infarction?
Angioscopic evaluation reveals differences in coronary thrombi between unstable angina and acute myocardial infarction, potentially explaining varying responses to thrombolytic therapy.
Coronary-artery thrombi play an important part in the pathogenesis of unstable angina and acute myocardial infarction. However, the appearance of the thrombi is different in the two conditions, possibly reflecting differences in the composition of age of the thrombi or the presence or absence of blood flow in the artery. This difference may account for the contrasting results of thrombolytic therapy.
Mizuno et al. (Thu,) studied this question.
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