title: Left main coronary embolism.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department and Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Victor M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Mejia
authors.forename: Y Joseph
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Howard C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Herrmann
mesh_terms: 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