Objectives: A calcified thrombus is rare, but needs to be recognized and to be differentiated from calcified nodule.
Methods: We report a case of acute coronary syndrome and a large intracoronary mobile mass, which was identified as a calcified thrombus by optical frequency domain imaging and intravascular ultrasound.
Results: Successful direct stenting indicated that mobile mass was a calcified thrombus, not a calcified nodule.
Conclusions: Cardiologists should be aware that an intracoronary mobile mass could be a calcified thrombus. This diagnosis can be confirmed through the combined use of optical frequency domain imaging and intravascular ultrasound.
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