| Literature DB >> 26413028 |
Gabriele Crimi, Davide Bartolini, Sandro Bellotti, Alessandro Iannone, Paolo Rubartelli.
Abstract
A 63-year-old man was admitted with a clinical diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome (non-ST-segment elevation), characterized by regional hypokinesia of the left ventricular posterior and lateral walls and by positive cardiac biomarkers. The coronary angiogram showed a 12.5-mm-diameter aneurysm with a mural thrombus and possible distal embolism to the bifurcation of the left circumflex coronary artery and the 2nd marginal branch. The aneurysm was managed percutaneously by implanting 2 mesh-covered stents in accordance with the "simultaneous kissing stent" technique. Follow-up angiography and optical coherence tomography at 5 postprocedural months documented complete sealing of the aneurysm and diffuse in-stent restenosis. No sign of ischemia occurred during the subsequent follow-up.Entities:
Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome; bifurcation aneurysm; blood vessel prosthesis implantation; coronary aneurysm/diagnosis/therapy; disease progression; percutaneous coronary intervention/methods; stents
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26413028 PMCID: PMC4567121 DOI: 10.14503/THIJ-13-4020
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Tex Heart Inst J ISSN: 0730-2347