Left main coronary embolism.
This is a case of a 58-year-old female with a history of mitral regurgitation who had undergone mitral valve repair and was readmitted in cardiogenic shock with pericardial effusion, and then developed an anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Coronary angiography revealed an embolus in the left main artery which was treated with rheolytic thrombectomy. This represents an uncommon cause of acute myocardial infarction.
Mejia
Victor M
VM
Cardiology Department and Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Woo
Y Joseph
YJ
Herrmann
Howard C
HC
D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D004562:Electrocardiography; D017128:Embolectomy; D004617:Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy