Does a combination of two thrombectomy techniques restore coronary flow in a patient with late inferior myocardial infarction and massive RCA thrombus?
A hybrid approach combining two thrombectomy techniques may be an effective rescue strategy for restoring coronary flow in patients with massive thrombus burden during myocardial infarction.
Abstract While large randomized trials have failed to demonstrate a clinical benefit from conventional aspiration thrombectomy (1), i nnovative strategies remain needed, particularly in patients with a large thrombus burden. We report the case of a patient presenting with a late inferior myocardial infarction and a massive, organized thrombus in the right coronary artery (RCA), requiring the combination of two thrombectomy techniques to restore coronary flow.
Chong et al. (Sun,) studied this question.