Novel strategy for ostial left anterior descending artery acute myocardial infarction: Combined treatment with directional coronary atherectomy followed by drug-coated balloon angioplasty

Hiroyuki Yamamoto; Takahiro Sawada; Tomofumi Takaya; Hiroya Kawai; Yoshinori Yasaka

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3659

Novel strategy for ostial left anterior descending artery acute myocardial infarction: Combined treatment with directional coronary atherectomy followed by drug-coated balloon angioplasty

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Jan 12;9(3):1095-1100. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3659. eCollection 2021 Mar.

Authors

Hiroyuki Yamamoto¹, Takahiro Sawada¹, Tomofumi Takaya^{1

2}, Hiroya Kawai^{1

2}, Yoshinori Yasaka¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Hyogo Brain and Heart Center Himeji Japan.
² Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Department of Exploratory and Advanced search in Cardiology Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine Kobe Japan.

Abstract

A 69-year-old female diagnosed with ostial left anterior descending artery acute myocardial infarction underwent percutaneous coronary intervention using combined directional coronary atherectomy followed by drug-coated balloon angioplasty. This report highlights a novel management strategy with no permanent scaffold left in the coronary artery.

Keywords: acute myocardial infarction; bifurcation; directional coronary atherectomy; drug‐coated balloon; percutaneous coronary intervention.

Publication types

Case Reports