Manual thrombus aspiration during percutaneous coronary intervention: Cherish as “Blessing of Thanksgiving” in a case of spontaneous coronary artery dissection presenting with large intracoronary thrombus burden

Abstract

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) presenting with a large intracoronary thrombus burden is an exceedingly rare scenario. We report a 27-year-old male who presented with SCAD and subsequently was found to have a large intracoronary thrombus burden in the left anterior descending artery. Our tailored approach for the removal of thrombus by thrombus aspiration before stent deployment has been proved to be fruitful.

Keywords

• percutaneous coronary intervention
• spontaneous coronary artery dissection
• thrombectomy
• thrombus burden