Salvage extensive coronary thromboendarterectomy for a ruptured left anterior descending artery.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
; 15(4): 759-61, 2012 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-22745304
ABSTRACT
We describe a lifesaving emergent thromboendarterectomy of the entire left anterior descending artery in a 63-year old man. Four days earlier, he had undergone a coronary artery bypass grafting. The left anterior descending artery was not bypassed then due to severe diffuse disease and calcifications. After an uneventful recovery, syncope occurred during exercise. Emergency catheterization revealed patent grafts, but no flow over the left anterior descending artery. At rescue percutaneous coronary intervention, a perforation of the left anterior descending artery occurred, leading to cardiogenic shock. A successful thromboendarterectomy of the left anterior descending artery salvaged the patient's life.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doença da Artéria Coronariana
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Exercício Físico
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Ponte de Artéria Coronária
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Vasos Coronários
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Endarterectomia
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Ruptura Cardíaca
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article