Mechanical extraction of a massive intracoronary thrombus from the super-dominant right coronary artery in thrombogenic lung cancer patient

Korean Circ J. 2015 May;45(3):248-52. doi: 10.4070/kcj.2015.45.3.248. Epub 2015 May 27.

Abstract

The congenital absence of the left circumflex artery and a compensatory super-dominant right coronary artery (RCA) is a very rare benign coronary anomaly in the clinic. The presence of a massive thrombus in the super-dominant RCA can lead to fatal results in cases of acute myocardial infarction, unless the thrombus is mechanically removed. Aspiration of the thrombus using a 6 Fr right Judkins guide catheter is useful to extract a massive thrombus and is both safe and effective. We report a case of complete revascularization of the super-dominant RCA after thrombus aspiration using a 6 Fr Judkins right catheter in a patient with acute inferior and inferolateral wall myocardial infarction.

Keywords: Coronary thrombosis; Coronary vessel anomalies; Inferior wall myocardial infarction.