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Thrombus aspiration achieved complete recanalization in a 64-year-old man with isolated right ventricular myocardial infarction due to coronary artery embolism.
Case Report (n=1)
Thrombus aspiration alone can be an effective treatment for isolated right ventricular myocardial infarction caused by coronary artery embolism.
Thrombus aspiration alone succeeded in this embolic isolated RVMI; leaves open optimal management strategies pending larger series.
We report a rare case of isolated right ventricular myocardial infarction (RVMI) due to coronary artery embolism in a 64-year-old man. Emergent coronary angiography revealed a normal dominant left coronary artery and a nondominant right coronary artery with proximal occlusion. Thrombus aspiration achieved complete recanalization, and no additional procedures, such as ballooning or stenting, were performed. Intravascular ultrasound, thallium/pyrophosphate dual scintigraphy, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, and pathologic findings established the diagnosis of isolated RVMI due to coronary artery embolism.
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Nawata et al. (2025) conducted a case report in Isolated right ventricular myocardial infarction due to coronary artery embolism (n=1). Thrombus aspiration was evaluated on Complete recanalization. Thrombus aspiration achieved complete recanalization in a 64-year-old man with isolated right ventricular myocardial infarction due to coronary artery embolism.
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