Emergency Medicine: Open Access
Open Access
ISSN: 2165-7548
ISSN: 2165-7548
Blaz Mrevlje
Germany
Case Report
Inappropriate Stent Placement Resulting in a Coronary Slow-Flow: Case Report
Author(s): Igor Kranjec, Blaz Mrevlje and Miha CercekIgor Kranjec, Blaz Mrevlje and Miha Cercek
A case of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is shown in the elderly patients with an ST-segment myocardial infarction. Stent deployment following the extensive thrombus aspiration resulted in a slow-flow phenomenon. Optical coherence tomography imaging showed a huge thin-capped fibro-atheroma encroaching the landing zone for stent placement. The author discusses possible factors involved in the development of the slowflow.
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DOI:
10.4172/2165-7548.1000275