Prosthetic Aortic Valve Thrombosis Complicated by Left Main Coronary Artery Bifurcation Embolism: Case Report and Review of Literature.
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- Academic Journal
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- De Roeck F; Department of Cardiology, Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), Drie Eikenstraat 655, B-2650 Edegem, Belgium. Electronic address: frederic.deroeck@uza.be.; Abdulmajid L; University of Antwerp, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium.; Haine S; Department of Cardiology, Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), Drie Eikenstraat 655, B-2650 Edegem, Belgium; University of Antwerp, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium; Department of Cardiovascular diseases, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium.
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- Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101238551 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1878-0938 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 18780938 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Cardiovasc Revasc Med Subsets: MEDLINE
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- English
Coronary embolism due to prosthetic valve thrombosis is a rare cause of acute coronary syndrome. We report the challenging case of a 66-year-old female patient with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction caused by left main coronary artery bifurcation embolism in the setting of mechanical aortic valve thrombosis. The patient was treated with intravenous thrombolysis. Four hours later, she suffered an anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction due to left anterior descending artery embolization. Repeat coronary angiogram showed complete disappearance of the LMCA embolus with only distal LAD occlusion. The patient was further treated medically with excellent outcome.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest None declared.
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