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Left main coronary embolism.

Victor M Mejia·Y Joseph Woo·Howard C Herrmann
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This is a case of a 58-year-old female with a history of mitral regurgitation who had undergone mitral valve repair and was readmitted in cardiogenic shock with pericardial effusion, and then developed an anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Coronary angiography revealed an embolus in the left main artery which was treated with rheolytic thrombectomy. This represents an uncommon cause of acute myocardial infarction.

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Victor M Mejia, Y Joseph Woo, Howard C Herrmann. 2006. Left main coronary embolism.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16775900/

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