Novel strategy for ostial left anterior descending artery acute myocardial infarction: Combined treatment with directional coronary atherectomy followed by drug-coated balloon angioplasty.
Hiroyuki YamamotoTakahiro SawadaTomofumi TakayaHiroya KawaiYoshinori YasakaPublished in: Clinical case reports (2021)
A 69-year-old female diagnosed with ostial left anterior descending artery acute myocardial infarction underwent percutaneous coronary intervention using combined directional coronary atherectomy followed by drug-coated balloon angioplasty. This report highlights a novel management strategy with no permanent scaffold left in the coronary artery.
Keyphrases
- acute myocardial infarction
- coronary artery
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery disease
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- pulmonary artery
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- acute coronary syndrome
- antiplatelet therapy
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- left ventricular
- emergency department