Successful Intervention for a Thrombosed Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children

We report the case of a 13-year-old who presented with an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction caused by a thrombotic occlusion of an aneurysmal left anterior descending coronary artery. Our patient was diagnosed and treated for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and underwent succe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Stidham, Timothy, McKee, James, Vogt, Joshua, Siomos, Austine Kuder
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
Materias:
Mini-Focus Issue: Coronary Interventions
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9350904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35935155
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.05.031
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Sumario:We report the case of a 13-year-old who presented with an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction caused by a thrombotic occlusion of an aneurysmal left anterior descending coronary artery. Our patient was diagnosed and treated for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and underwent successful balloon angioplasty and aspiration thrombectomy.(Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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