Patient with atrial fibrillation and myocardial infarction due to coronary artery embolism treated with thrombus aspiration.
We present the case of a 77 year-old male patient diagnosed with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction of anterior wall due to coronary embolism secondary to paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. The patient was qualified for emergent coronary angiography and aspiration thrombectomy. Due to lack of atherosclerotic lesions and probable embolic origin of the occlusion of the infarct-related artery, the patient underwent a successful thrombus aspiration procedure without stent implantation, followed by oral anticoagulant therapy.
2nd Department of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland. zasada.wojciech@gmail.com
Wojciech
W
Zasada
Stanisław
S
Bartuś
Tadeusz
T
Królikowski
Dariusz
D
Dudek
D000284:Administration, Oral; D000368:Aged; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D013396:Suction / Q000379:methods*; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000379:methods*
D000925:Anticoagulants