Multiple MGuard stent implantation to treat massive right coronary artery dissection during primary coronary angioplasty.
Here we report a case of a 79-year-old woman with inferior myocardial infarction, transferred to our cath lab to perform a primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI). During the procedure, a massive dissection complicated the thrombotic lesion of the right coronary artery (RCA). In this case, we decided to use the MGuard stent to treat both the large dissection and the thrombotic lesion. MGuard stent is a combination of a coronary stent merged with an embolic protection device. After multiple MGuard stent implantation we obtained a complete resolution of the coronary dissection obtaining a patent RCA with normal antegrade flow.
Rapacciuolo
Antonio
A
Division of Cardiology, Federico II University of Naples, Italy.
D'andrea
Claudia
C
Maresca
Gennaro
G
di Pietro
Elisa
E
Piscione
Federico
F
Chiariello
Massimo
M
D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D057505:Embolic Protection Devices; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D056989:Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome