title: [Spontaneous calcified coronary embolism and myocardial infarction. Apropos of a case].
abstract: The authors report a rare case of myocardial infarction due to calcific coronary embolisation in a patient with previously asymptomatic calcific aortic stenosis. The diagnosis was suggested by the finding of a lacunar image in the distal segment of the left anterior descending artery exactly corresponding to a punctiform mobile calcification visible before opacification of the coronary arteries. The clinical features of coronary embolism and in particular of calcific embolism are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, hôpital Nord, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Guy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lamaud
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Favre
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Duranton
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bouvet
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Verneyre
mesh_terms: D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Embolie calcaire coronaire spontanée et infarctus du myocarde. A propos d'une observation.