title: Left main coronary artery thrombectomy and stenting using a paclitaxel-eluting stent in the setting of acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: A 41-year-old man was referred to the Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, for primary angioplasty of an acute anterolateral wall myocardial infarction. Coronary angiography revealed the culprit lesion to be a subtotal left main coronary artery with Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) trial grade 1 flow associated with a filling defect compatible with an aggressive thrombotic process. The use of rheolytic thrombectomy and a drug-eluting stent for this distal left main target lesion are described.
authors.affiliation: Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: Tomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cieza
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bilodeau
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015607:Stents; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D017239:Paclitaxel