Subacute right coronary artery thrombosis treated by using Excimer Laser Coronary Angioplasty: a case report.

Acute coronary syndrome Case report Coronary artery disease ELCA IVUS Laser therapy Myocardial infarction

Journal

European heart journal. Case reports
ISSN: 2514-2119
Titre abrégé: Eur Heart J Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101730741

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Oct 2023
Historique:
received: 03 05 2023
revised: 18 09 2023
accepted: 05 10 2023
medline: 23 10 2023
pubmed: 23 10 2023
entrez: 23 10 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Managing high thrombotic burden in the context of myocardial infarction remains a challenging scenario. A 51-year-old male was admitted for a subacute inferior myocardial infarction with persistent chest pain. Emergent coronary angiography showed an ostial-proximal thrombotic occlusion of a large ectatic right coronary artery. Several balloon inflations were performed that were not able to improve distal TIMI flow beyond II. With the intent of vaporizing the remaining thrombus, Excimer Laser Coronary Angioplasty was performed with a favourable outcome. The present case constitutes an opportunity to revisit percutaneous and non-percutaneous strategies to tackle persistent coronary thrombus showing a contemporary approach to niche technologies such as laser angioplasty.

Sections du résumé

Background UNASSIGNED
Managing high thrombotic burden in the context of myocardial infarction remains a challenging scenario.
Case summary UNASSIGNED
A 51-year-old male was admitted for a subacute inferior myocardial infarction with persistent chest pain. Emergent coronary angiography showed an ostial-proximal thrombotic occlusion of a large ectatic right coronary artery. Several balloon inflations were performed that were not able to improve distal TIMI flow beyond II. With the intent of vaporizing the remaining thrombus, Excimer Laser Coronary Angioplasty was performed with a favourable outcome.
Discussion UNASSIGNED
The present case constitutes an opportunity to revisit percutaneous and non-percutaneous strategies to tackle persistent coronary thrombus showing a contemporary approach to niche technologies such as laser angioplasty.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37869742
doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytad499
pii: ytad499
pmc: PMC10587994
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

ytad499

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Conflict of interest: None declared.

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Auteurs

Daniel Faria (D)

Hospital Clínico San Carlos, IDISSC, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Calle del Prof Martín Lagos, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve, Hospital de Faro, Faro, Portugal.

Adrián Jeronimo (A)

Hospital Clínico San Carlos, IDISSC, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Calle del Prof Martín Lagos, 28040 Madrid, Spain.

Javier Escaned (J)

Hospital Clínico San Carlos, IDISSC, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Calle del Prof Martín Lagos, 28040 Madrid, Spain.

Ivan J Nuñez-Gil (IJ)

Hospital Clínico San Carlos, IDISSC, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Calle del Prof Martín Lagos, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Faculty of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670 Villaviciosa de Odón, Spain.

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