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- Title
Noninvasive Recanalization of a Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion.
- Authors
Kos, Nikola; Radeljić, Vjekoslav; Pavlović, Nikola; Kordić, Krešimir; Đula, Kristijan; Bulj, Nikola; Krčmar, Tomislav; Brkljačić, Diana Delić; Zeljković, Ivan; Manola, Šime
- Abstract
Background. Spontaneous recanalization of a chronically occluded artery is rare and reported anecdotally. Case Summary. We report a case of a patient with a chronically occluded right coronary artery, found on a coronary angiography performed due to acute ST elevation myocardial infarction with an occluded circumflex artery as a culprit lesion. Three months later, a follow-up angiography was performed and a recanalization of the occluded right coronary artery was detected. Discussion. There is a possibility that intrinsic fibrinolytic mechanisms with the additional effect of standard antithrombotic drugs administrated after the acute coronary event led to the recanalization.
- Subjects
CORONARY arteries; CORONARY angiography; MYOCARDIAL infarction; DRUG standards; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIES; CHRONIC total occlusion
- Publication
Case Reports in Cardiology, 2019, p1
- ISSN
2090-6404
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2019/7979316