Coronary embolism following valve surgery.
A 55-year-old man experienced chest pain on the seventh day after valve surgery. Coronary angiography showed embolic occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery. The lesion was treated successfully with thrombectomy using the angiojet rheolytic thrombectomy system, resulting in rapid mechanical thrombolysis and removal via the effluent lumen of the catheter. Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction 3 flow was restored.
Caciolli
Sabina
S
Division of Cardiology, University of Florence and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy. sabinacaciolli@tele2.it
Rostagno
Carlo
C
Fradella
Giuseppe
G
Margheri
Massimo
M
Stefano
Pierluigi
P
D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017131:Thrombectomy