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Successful extraction of refractory thrombus from an ectatic coronary artery using stent retriever during primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction: a case report

BACKGROUND: Ectatic coronary segments are nidi for thrombus formation due to altered flow dynamics and stasis—an important component of Virchow’s triad. Ectasia accompanied by an adjacent coronary stenosis with or without a plaque event can lead to acute myocardial infarctions complicated by huge th...

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Autores principales: Bhoopalan, Kesavamoorthy, Rajendran, Ravindran, Alagarsamy, Srinivasan, Kesavamoorthy, Niranjana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6439382/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31020237
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/yty161