Spontaneous Retrograde Embolization From an Infarct-Related Artery to a Bystander Nonculprit Artery: An Unclear Pathophysiological Mechanism?

Pierluigi Merella; Giovanni Lorenzoni; Nicola Marziliano; Graziana Viola; Paola Berne; Giovanni Motta; Gavino Casu

doi:10.1016/j.jcin.2017.11.039

Spontaneous Retrograde Embolization From an Infarct-Related Artery to a Bystander Nonculprit Artery: An Unclear Pathophysiological Mechanism?

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2018 May 14;11(9):e69-e71. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2017.11.039. Epub 2018 Mar 1.

Authors

Pierluigi Merella¹, Giovanni Lorenzoni², Nicola Marziliano², Graziana Viola², Paola Berne², Giovanni Motta², Gavino Casu²

Affiliations

¹ Unità Operativa Complessa di Cardiologia, Ospedale San Francesco Nuoro, Nuoro, Italy. Electronic address: pierluigi9@hotmail.it.
² Unità Operativa Complessa di Cardiologia, Ospedale San Francesco Nuoro, Nuoro, Italy.

PMID: 29501543
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2017.11.039

No abstract available

Keywords: coronary embolism; coronary optical coherence tomography; retrograde coronary embolization; retrograde embolus from infarct-related artery.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

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Coronary Artery Disease / complications*
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Artery Disease / physiopathology
Coronary Artery Disease / therapy
Coronary Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Thrombosis / drug therapy
Coronary Thrombosis / etiology*
Coronary Thrombosis / physiopathology
Drug-Eluting Stents
Embolism / diagnostic imaging
Embolism / drug therapy
Embolism / etiology*
Embolism / physiopathology
Female
Humans
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / instrumentation
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / etiology*
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / therapy
Treatment Outcome