Phantom Stent Thrombosis

Authors

  • Dimitris Stalikas Evagelismos Hospital, Athens, greece
  • Sofia Metaxa Evagelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
  • Spyridon Koulouris Evagelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
  • Antonis S Manolis First Departmetn of Cardiology, Evagelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2015/hc.v6i2.403

Keywords:

coronary anomalies, stent thrombosis, absent left main coroanry artery

Abstract

Initial visualization of only the left circumflex coronary artery during coronary angiography in a 71-year-old patient with prior stenting of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery would have led to an erroneous conclusion of a thrombosed stent and occluded coronary artery with its consequent management problems, before it was disclosed that the LAD originated from a separate ostium.

Author Biography

Antonis S Manolis, First Departmetn of Cardiology, Evagelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Specialty: Cardiology

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Vol. 6 No. 2 (2011)

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