Abstract
Acute myocardial infarction from a vegetation is a rare complication of infective endocarditis. Thrombolysis, percutaneous coronary intervention with balloon angioplasty, stenting, and thromboaspiration, and surgery have all been described in this challenging clinical scenario. A woman with staphylococcal bioprosthetic aortic valve infective endocarditis developed acute myocardial infarction due to a vegetation invading the left main coronary artery, which was successfully managed with percutaneous thromboaspiration.
Recommended Citation
Morton, Matthew B; Russo, Jeremy; Lankaputhra, Malanka; Merry, Christopher; and Stub, Dion
(2025)
"Percutaneous thromboaspiration of left main coronary artery vegetation in a patient with aortic valve infective endocarditis and acute coronary syndrome,"
Journal of the Saudi Heart Association: Vol. 37
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Iss.
4
, Article 5.
Available at: https://doi.org/10.37616/2212-5043.1456
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