Coronary artery embolisation.
In the setting of an acute inferior myocardial infarction undergoing primary stent implantation, we could document a macroscopic embolus moving along the right coronary artery. Coronary embolisation is a well known drawback of percutaneous coronary interventions and dedicated devices can be used in order to minimize myocardial damage. Nonetheless, unexpected macroscopic embolisation after the first manual contrast injection through a diagnostic catheter remains a possible complication and may lead to unsatisfactory results when the upstream pharmacological therapy is not appropriate.
Andò
Giuseppe
G
Cerrito
Marco
M
Trio
Olimpia
O
Saporito
Francesco
F
D000368:Aged; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D004617:Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents