An unusual complication of STEMI in a patient with unique coronary arteries
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An 84-year-old female presenting with an inferior wall ST-elevation myocardial infarction was transferred to the catheterization laboratory for urgent coronary angiography. She had a history of arterial hypertension and persistent atrial fibrillation.
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An unusual complication of STEMI in a patient with unique coronary arteries
Authors
IWANCZYK Sylwia1, SINIAWSKI Andrzej2, ARASZKIEWICZ Aleksander1, WOZNIAK Patrycja1, STEPIEN Konrad3, GRYGIER Marek1, LESIAK Maciej1
- 1st Department of Cardiology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Pozna, POLAND
- Department of Cardiology, Christianization of Poland Memorial Hospital, Gniezno, Poland, Gniezno, POLAND
- Department of Coronary Artery Disease and Heart Failure, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland., Krakow, POLAND
2 comments
rca GUIDE ENGAGEMENT SCARY TOO
When we perform an urgent PCI we must be careful when we negotiate the ostium of RCA the catheter can easily perforate if we are not very careful especially if there is ectasia or aneurysm