Clinical Case Reports (Jan 2021)

Successful intracoronary thrombolysis in a patient with anterior myocardial infarction and large thrombus burden associated with coronary artery ectasia

  • Iraj Jafaripour,
  • Mohammad Mostafa Ansari Ramandi,
  • Amir Gholami,
  • Roghayeh Pourkia,
  • Kamyar Amin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3449
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 93 – 97

Abstract

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Abstract Although ectatic coronary arteries with high thrombus burden, leading to acute coronary events, can be difficult to manage, intracoronary thrombolytics and glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors can act as potential successful treatment options.

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