title: Lone aspiration thrombectomy without stenting for a patient with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction associated with coronary ectasia.
abstract: A 57-year-old male with a previous history of inferior myocardial infarction suffered from chest pain and diagnosed as ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Coronary angiography revealed a thrombus with delayed filling in the distal right coronary artery. After an aspiration thrombectomy, TIMI 3 flow was restored successfully. An intracoronary ultrasound imaging revealed coronary ectasia. Stenting and ballooning were deferred. A successful lone aspiration thrombectomy was performed for a patient with STEMI associated with coronary ectasia.
authors: Department of Cardiology, Hoshi General Hospital, 159-1 Mukaibaramachi, Koriyama, 963-8501, Japan, yokotetu@fmu.ac.jp.
authors: Tetsuro
authors: T
authors: Yokokawa
authors: Yuichi
authors: Y
authors: Ujiie
authors: Hironori
authors: H
authors: Kaneko
authors: Yoshitane
authors: Y
authors: Seino
authors: Mikihiro
authors: M
authors: Kijima
authors: Yasuchika
authors: Y
authors: Takeishi
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents; D013396:Suction; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional