A Unique Case of STEMI STEALing the Flow

Asra Khalid Butt, MD; Nureddin Almaddah, MD; Qasim M. Mirza, MD; Uzoma N. Ibebuogu, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Dec 2020)

A Unique Case of STEMI STEALing the Flow

Asra Khalid Butt, MD,
Nureddin Almaddah, MD,
Qasim M. Mirza, MD,
Uzoma N. Ibebuogu, MD

Affiliations

Asra Khalid Butt, MD: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee School of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Address for correspondence: Dr. Asra K. Butt, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, 956 Court Avenue, Suite A312, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA.
Nureddin Almaddah, MD: Section of Cardiology, University of Tennessee School of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Qasim M. Mirza, MD: Section of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, University of Tennessee School of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Uzoma N. Ibebuogu, MD: Section of Cardiology, University of Tennessee School of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 15
pp. 2419 – 2423

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We report a case of a 55-year-old woman with previous coronary artery bypass grafting. She presented with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction secondary to occlusion of the proximal left subclavian artery causing reduced flow in the left internal mammary artery to left anterior descending artery graft. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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