PP-026: VENTRICULAR SEPTAL RUPTURE COMPLICATION OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION SECONDARY TO CORONARY ARTERY EMBOLISM IN A PATIENT WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

2011 ◽  
Vol 147 ◽  
pp. S110-S111 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Akilli ◽  
M. Tekinalp ◽  
A. Aribas ◽  
C. Duman
Author(s):  
Abdullah R Alenezi ◽  
Muath Alanbaei ◽  
Islam Abouelenein

Patent foramen ovale is a risk factor for systemic embolic events such as cryptogenic stroke. Far less commonly, patent foramen ovale is associated with non-cerebral systemic embolic events. Paradoxical coronary artery embolism is a rare and underdiagnosed cause of acute myocardial infarction. It should be considered in patients presenting with myocardial infarction and an otherwise low-risk profile for atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. We describe a case of paradoxical coronary artery embolism causing ST elevation myocardial infarction. Echocardiography demonstrated patent foramen ovale with a significant shunt. In addition to the treatment of the acute coronary event, patent foramen ovale closure was performed to prevent recurrent paradoxical embolic events.


Circulation ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 132 (4) ◽  
pp. 241-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatsuhiro Shibata ◽  
Shoji Kawakami ◽  
Teruo Noguchi ◽  
Tomotaka Tanaka ◽  
Yasuhide Asaumi ◽  
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