Hironori Ebihara

Acute myocardial infarction in Buerger's disease

Abstract Whether Buergers disease involves parts of the vascular system other than the peripheral vessels of the extremeties has been questioned. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is more frequent in patients with Buergers disease than in those of similar age and sex without this condition.1 The relation of AMI to Buergers disease, however, is not clearly defined.

Unroofed coronary sinus demonstrated by two-dimensional echocardiography

Fig. 2. Left panel, Two-dimensional echocardiogram in parasternal, long-axis view demonstrates a mass (T) in the left atrium (LA). Right panel, The left atrium is shown at necropsy with thrombus (T), measuring 3 cm in length and 1 cm in width, attached to the interatrial septum. AV = aortic valve; FO = foramen ovale; LVFW = left ventricular free wall; MV = anterior leaflet of mitral valve; VS = ventricular septum.

Release of intracoronary thrombus during coronary arteriography in a patient with unstable angina.

SummaryA case of release of an intracoronary thrombus in a patient with unstable angina is presented. The thrombus was observed in the right coronary artery just distal to the severe stenosis and was released during coronary arteriography.