TCTAP C-062 Thrombus or Calcified Nodule? Acute Coronary Syndrome Caused by Left Main Disease
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Thrombus of the left main coronary artery.
A 50 year-old man was admitted for elective percutaneous coronary intervention. After rotational atherectomy was performed, perforation of the second diagonal coronary artery occurred, resulting in cardiac tamponade. Emergency pericardiocentesis was performed and intravenous protamine was administered. After tamponading the coronary perforation with prolonged intracoronary balloon inflation, co...
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متن کامل[Acute coronary syndrome due to distal embolization of a thrombus located in the left main coronary artery].
A 54-year-old man with exertional angina of 2 months’ evolution came to the hospital for pain that had lasted 1.45 h. The electrocardiogram showed ST segment elevation of 2 mm in leads I and aVL. Clopidogrel and acetylsalicylic acid were administered. Angiography disclosed a filling defect in the left main coronary artery (LMCA) consistent with a large thrombus, occlusion of the first diagonal ...
متن کامل[Left main coronary artery disease].
There are many causes of left main coronary artery disease, the first of which is atherosclerosis. Other rarer causes may be observed, such as acute and chronic occlusions, spasm and primary and secondary dissection. The prevalence of stenosis of the left main coronary artery at coronary angiography is about 5%. The risk factors are the same as for coronary artery disease. The symptoms are angi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.02.328