An unusual case of myocardial infarction

Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2014 Jun;82(2):110-1. doi: 10.4081/monaldi.2014.52.

Abstract

Myocardial infarction may be the result of embolism of calcified material from the aortic valve or thrombotic formations adhering to the same. We report a case of late myocardial infarction secondary to embolization from a thrombus adherent to the aortic valve jutting out in the ostium of the left main coronary artery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortic Valve / abnormalities
  • Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Heart Valve Diseases / complications*
  • Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging*
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology*
  • Thrombosis / complications*
  • Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging