Coronary stenting in acute myocardial infarction--patency demonstrated postmortem.
This report describes a patient with an acute anterior myocardial infarction treated by primary angioplasty and stenting of the infarct-related artery. The patient died 48 h later and at postmortem examination, patency of the stented artery was demonstrated, despite the adverse conditions which preceded death.
Madan
M
M
Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ontario.
Le May
M R
MR
Walley
V M
VM
Higginson
L A
LA
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents; D014654:Vascular Patency