Laser Vaporization of Intracoronary Thrombus and Identifying Plaque Morphology in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction as Assessed by Optical Coherence Tomography

<div>Examples of plaque erosion. Angiographic and OCT images after (A) MT, (B) ELCA, and (C) ballooning. Laser vaporization of the thrombus (arrow) clarified the identification of the attached thrombus overlying the eroded plaque (arrow head). ELCA, excimer laser coronary angioplasty; MT, manual aspiration thrombectomy; and OCT, optical coherence tomography.</div>

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

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Figure 5: Laser Vaporization of Intracoronary Thrombus and Identifying Plaque Morphology in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction as Assessed by Optical Coherence Tomography 

Figure 5 | Laser Vaporization of Intracoronary Thrombus and Identifying Plaque Morphology in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction as Assessed by Optical Coherence Tomography 