Intracoronary thrombus aspiration through a guiding catheter in a case with stent thrombosis.
A 50-year-old male with a history of inferior myocardial infarction and stent implantation to the right coronary artery 20 days prior this admission presented with acute inferior myocardial re-infarction. Diagnostic right coronary angiography revealed a massive thrombus within the previously implanted stent. After manual aspiration through a guiding catheter, a large, fresh thrombus was removed. Subsequently, thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) 3 flow was established, and no further intervention was required. The patient was discharged uneventfully on medical therapy.
Turkoglu
Sedat
S
Gazi University School of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Besevler, Ankara, Turkey. turkoglusedat@gmail.com
Simsek
Vedat
V
Timurkaynak
Timur
T
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015607:Stents; D013396:Suction; D000077466:Tirofiban; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use
D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D014443:Tyrosine; D000077466:Tirofiban