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Obstructive Coronary Atherosclerosis in a Patient with a Calcium Score of Zero Cover

Obstructive Coronary Atherosclerosis in a Patient with a Calcium Score of Zero

Open Access
|Sep 2021

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Figure 1

(A) PET perfusion images reveal a large, moderate to severe, reversible, myocardial perfusion defect in the LAD coronary artery vascular territory. (B) The calcium score was zero. (C) Myocardial blood flow analysis revealed reduced peak stress blood flow in the LAD territory but preserved global myocardial flow reserve. (D) Invasive angiographic images reveal severe stenosis in the proximal LAD that was (E) treated successfully with a drug-eluting stent. PET: positron emission tomography; LAD: left anterior descending artery.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.845 | Journal eISSN: 1947-6108
Language: English
Page range: 87 - 89
Submitted on: Feb 13, 2021
Accepted on: Apr 23, 2021
Published on: Sep 24, 2021
Published by: Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2021 Talal Alnabelsi, Faisal Nabi, Mouaz Al-Mallah, published by Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License.