Acute coronary syndrome with resuscitated cardiac arrest

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A 52-year-old gentleman developed central chest pain followed by syncope. He was resuscitated and electrocardiogram showed ST elevation in inferolateral leads. Angiogram revealed calcified coronaries and subtotally occluded right coronary artery.
An Intravascular ultrasound examination was performed from right coronary artery.

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Acute coronary syndrome with resuscitated cardiac arrest

Acute coronary syndrome with resuscitated cardiac arrest

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Narayanan S.1
  1. Little Flower Hospital and Research Centre, Kerala, INDIA

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  • Rony Mathew 02 May 2026

    Fascinating image. But OCT may be better