Jie Man Low, Noah Kimit, Rizwan Rashid, Magdi El-Omar
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Abstract
Spontaneously recanalized coronary thrombus (SRCT), also known as honeycomb, lotus root or Swiss-cheese lesion, is an increasingly recognised finding in patients undergoing coronary angiography. It is thought to arise from partial resorption of an initially occlusive thrombus. Most patients present with angina or exertional breathlessness. We describe a case of a 69-year-old patient who presented with ventricular tachycardia and was found to have SRCT in the left anterior descending artery on coronary angiography. Echocardiography and left ventricular (LV) angiography showed an akinetic, aneurysmal, thin-walled LV apex, diagnostic of an old anterior infarct. We highlight the role of optical coherence tomography in making the diagnosis and discuss the available management options of this condition.
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