Pulmonary vein thrombosis is associated with chest pain in patients without coronary artery stenosis

Optimum duration of dual antiplatelet treatment could be decided using 64-MDCT: A new hint to treating patients with stents

“…Since 2012, I have published many cases of pulmonary vein thromboses using 64-slice multidetector computed tomography (64-MDCT) [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] . In 2014, I reported that 35 (61%) of 57 elderly patients with chest pain had pulmonary vein thromboses [4] .…”

“…Because 64-MDCT can assess even small arteries accurately, it could be utilized to assess pulmonary vein thrombus. As I reported, some patients with chest pain had pulmonary vein thrombi [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] ; we can utilize a 64-MDCT scan to decide the optimum duration of DAPT if the patients have pulmonary vein thrombi and DAPT can dissolve pulmonary vein thrombi. Even if DAPT does not dissolve pulmonary vein thrombi, DAPT may be useful if it can inhibit the growth of pulmonary vein thrombi or the production of microclots.…”