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Aspiration thrombectomy in a case of acute myocardial infarction due to coronary emboli in a patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy and mural thrombus

Abdulrahman Abdulbaki, Cyrus Kocherla, Kalgi Modi
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Published Online: Aug 17th 2018 Heart International 2015;10(1):e25-e27 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5301/heartint.5000225
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Abstract

Overview

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) due to embolic phenomenon in the setting of peripartum cardiomyopathy
(PPCM) and left ventricular mural thrombus is a rare occurrence. There have been two known cases described
in medical literature. We present a unique case in which catheter-based aspiration thrombectomy was used to
successfully treat a patient with ACS due to coronary emboli in the setting of PPCMand left ventricular mural
thrombus. We believe this to be the first report of the use of aspiration thrombectomy in such a clinical case.

Keywords

Peripartum cardiomyopathy, Myocardial infarction, Aspiration thrombectomy

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Financial support: None.

Correspondence

Kalgi Modi, MD Department of Cardiology Louisiana State University Medical Center Shreveport, Louisiana, USA kmodi@lsuhsc.edu

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