Successful management of left main coronary artery thrombus with intracoronary thrombolysis

Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2014 Jul;42(5):475-7. doi: 10.5543/tkda.2014.93213.

Abstract

The management of valvular heart diseases with mechanical valves has been performed for several years. Warfarin has been used in patients with mechanical heart valves to protect against thromboembolic complications; nevertheless, in these patients, thromboembolic event rates range from 0.5% to 1.7%. Acute occlusive embolism to the coronary arteries due to a mechanical valve is an uncommon occurrence. In this report, we present a case of a left coronary system occlusion due to thrombus embolization from a prosthetic aortic valve, which was successfully treated by thrombolytic therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary
  • Aortic Valve
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Vessels*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Electrocardiography
  • Fibrinolytic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation*
  • Heparin / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Thrombolytic Therapy
  • Thrombosis / diagnosis*
  • Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Thrombosis / therapy
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator / administration & dosage

Substances

  • Fibrinolytic Agents
  • Heparin
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator