Myocardial damage following coronary air embolism during coronary angiography.
Coronary air embolism may go unnoticed or cause chest pain, electrocardiogram changes, and myocardial damage; it may mimic coronary spasm [1,2]. We report a patient who sustained subendocardial myocardial infarction following intracoronary injection of air.
D000792:Angiography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*