Key result
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and stenting successfully restored coronary perfusion and resolved symptoms in a patient with acute myocardial infarction caused by coronary embolism.
Population
1 44-year-old female patient with anterior myocardial infarction caused by embolization from a mitral valve…
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
2 days
Authors
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May support PCI for embolic AMI; hypothesis-generating case leaves open need for larger studies.
Case Report (n=1)
No
Coronary embolism can occur without prosthetic valve thrombus or dysfunction in the setting of suboptimal anticoagulation and can be successfully treated with percutaneous coronary intervention.
Yazıcı et al. (2007) conducted a case report in Acute anterior myocardial infarction due to coronary embolism (n=1). Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and stenting was evaluated on Restoration of coronary artery perfusion and resolution of symptoms. Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and stenting successfully restored coronary perfusion and resolved symptoms in a patient with acute myocardial infarction caused by coronary embolism.
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