Fogarty catheter retrieval was used to treat a left main coronary artery embolism causing recurrent myocardial infarction in a man with presumed idiopathic cardiomyopathy.
Fogarty catheter retrieval can be utilized as a unique treatment method for left main coronary artery embolism.
A 27-year-old man had recurrent myocardial infarction found to be due to coronary embolism to the left main coronary artery with downstream embolization. The presumed etiology of thromboembolism was idiopathic cardiomyopathy. A unique method of treatment with Fogarty catheter retrieval was used.
Maddoux et al. (1987) studied this question. Fogarty catheter retrieval was used to treat a left main coronary artery embolism causing recurrent myocardial infarction in a man with presumed idiopathic cardiomyopathy.
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