{"title":"Acute myocardial infarction due to coronary artery embolus associated with atrial fibrillation.","authors":"Bo Xu, Paul Williams, Andrew T Burns","doi":"10.3109/17482941.2013.835828","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Coronary artery embolus is a rare and potentially under- recognised cause of acute myocardial infarction. We describe the case of an 80-year-old woman presenting with an acute coronary syndrome secondary to coronary artery embolus associated with atrial fibrillation, which was successfully treated with the use of a thrombectomy aspiration catheter.</p>","PeriodicalId":87385,"journal":{"name":"Acute cardiac care","volume":" ","pages":"92-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/17482941.2013.835828","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Acute cardiac care","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3109/17482941.2013.835828","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2013/10/25 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Coronary artery embolus is a rare and potentially under- recognised cause of acute myocardial infarction. We describe the case of an 80-year-old woman presenting with an acute coronary syndrome secondary to coronary artery embolus associated with atrial fibrillation, which was successfully treated with the use of a thrombectomy aspiration catheter.