Interventional Medicine and Applied Science
Volume/Issue:
Volume 4: Issue 2
Comminution of a prolapsed thrombus after coronary stent implantation using cutting balloon
Authors: András Komócsi 1 , 3 , Gyöngyvér Költô 2 , Iván G. Horváth 1 , and Attila Kónyi 1
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  • 1 Department of Interventional Cardiology, Heart Institute, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
  • | 2 Department of Cardiology, Kaposi Mór County Hospital, Kaposvár, Hungary
  • | 3 Department of Interventional Cardiology, Heart Institute, University of Pécs, Ifjúság u. 13, H-7624, Pécs, Hungary
Pages:
103–105
Online Publication Date:
01 Jun 2012
Publication Date:
01 Jun 2012
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/imas.4.2012.2.8
Keywords:
PTCA; thrombus management; acute MI
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Abstract

Coronary thrombosis and secondary embolization remain two of the major challenges of intervention in myocardial infarction. Pharmacological dissolution as well as instruments to evacuate the thrombotic mass with or without distal protection have been applied in the acute interventions with variable degrees of success. With time, cross-linking of the fibrin strands results in a resilient, partially organizing coagulate that is more or less attached to the wall of the artery. The currently used devices designed to cope with recently formed thrombus may fail to disrupt these flexible structures, and pharmacological dissolution is also usually ineffective. Here, we report a case with a subacute occlusion; after failure of thrombus extraction, mechanical comminution of a clot with cutting balloons was successfully performed.

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Interventional Medicine and Applied Science
Print ISSN:
2061-1617
Online ISSN:
2061-5094

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