title: Primary angioplasty of an anomalous right coronary artery complicated by an acute thrombotic occlusion.
abstract: A right coronary artery (RCA) arising from the left main is a very uncommon congenital defect. We report on a 69-year-old patient with an acute myocardial infarction submitted to primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for an anomalous RCA. The PCI procedure was complicated by an acute thrombotic occlusion, successfully treated by an intracoronary bolus of abciximab.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Policlinico Hospital, Bari, Italy. leodeluca@virgilio.it
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Luca
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bovenzi
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Signore
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: D'Agostino
authors.forename: Italo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: de Luca
mesh_terms: D000077284:Abciximab; D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002637:Chest Pain; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex; D000077284:Abciximab