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September 1, 2011The Permanente Journal

Acute Myocardial Infarction due to Coronary Artery Embolism in a Patient with a Tissue Aortic Valve Replacement

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50-year-old man who underwent a tissue aortic valve replacement four years earlier, presenting with…

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Authors

JLJoel T. LevisFoothill College GSGeoffrey M. SchultzPhoenix (United States)PLPhilip C. LeeKaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center

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Alerts clinicians to late coronary embolism risk after tissue AVR; leaves open optimal prevention strategies pending further study.

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Population

50-year-old man who underwent a tissue aortic valve replacement four years earlier, presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and pre-existing left bundle branch block.

Intervention

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and aspiration thrombectomy

Outcome

Successful treatment of complete occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery

Coronary embolism resulting in acute myocardial infarction can occur in patients years after tissue aortic valve replacement surgery.

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Levis et al. (2011) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1d247f28423f2ce504d225 https://doi.org/10.7812/tpp/11-082

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Valvular heart disease

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Acute Myocardial Infarction due to Coronary Artery Embolism in a Patient with a Tissue Aortic Valve Replacement

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