Novel strategy for ostial left anterior descending artery acute myocardial infarction: Combined treatment with directional coronary atherectomy followed by drug‐coated balloon angioplasty

Abstract

Abstract A 69‐year‐old female diagnosed with ostial left anterior descending artery acute myocardial infarction underwent percutaneous coronary intervention using combined directional coronary atherectomy followed by drug‐coated balloon angioplasty. This report highlights a novel management strategy with no permanent scaffold left in the coronary artery.

Keywords

• acute myocardial infarction
• bifurcation
• directional coronary atherectomy
• drug‐coated balloon
• percutaneous coronary intervention