CASE REPORTS   

Minerva Cardioangiologica 2007 August;55(4):509-12

Copyright © 2007 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA

language: English

Spontaneous coronary haematoma during systemic thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction: intracoronary ultrasound findings, percutaneous coronary intervention and complications

Baglini R., Mezzapelle G., Baldari D.

Unit of Interventional Cardiology The Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (IsMeTT) Palermo, Itay

A case of coronary dissection with large parietal hematoma, involving the proximal left anterior descending and the left main coronary arteries after systemic thrombolysis for acute anterior myocardial infarction is described. The peculiar intravascular ultrasound features, therapy options, complications after stenting and follow-up are described.