Acute coronary embolism in a patient with a mechanical aortic prosthesis: Case report;Embolia coronária aguda em portadora de prótese aórtica mecânica: Caso clínico [42]

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 543-549

  Saraiva, Fátima ^a   Matos, Vitor ^a   Gonçalves, Lino ^a   Providência, Luís Augusto ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Coronary arteries; Embolism; Valvular prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA PROSTHESIS; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BALLOON DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS;

EID: 79960477306     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Cannegieter SC, Rosendaal FR, Brier E. Thromboembolic and bleeding complications in patients with mechanical heart valve prosthesis. Circulation 1994;89:635-41.
2. Otto CM, Bonow RO. Valvular Heart Disease (62). In: Braunwald E, Libby P, Bonow R, Mann D, Zipes D. Braunwald's Heart Disease. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier, 2008.
3. Adhyapak SM, Shetty GG, Santosh MJ, et al. Acute ST elevation myocardial infarction in a patient with caged ball mitral valve prosthesis: A case report. Int J Cardiol 2008;128:101-3.
4. Kieman T, Flynn A, Kearney P. Coronary embolism causing myocardial infarction in a patient with mechanical aortic valve prosthesis. Int J Cardiol 2006;112:14-6.
5. Waller BF. Atherosclerotic and nonatherosclerotic coronary artery factors in acute myocardial infarction. Cardiovasc Clin 1989;20:29-104.
6. Camaro C, Aengevaeren W. Acute myocardial infarction due to coronary artery embolism in a patient with atrial fibrillation. Neth Heart J 2009;17:297-9.
7. Charles RG. Coronary embolism in valvular heart disease. Q J Med 1982;202:147-61.
8. Dogan M, Acikel S, Aksoy M, et al. Coronary saddle embolism causing myocardial infarction in a patient with mechanical mitral valve prosthesis: Treatment with thrombolytic therapy. Int J Cardiol 2009;135:47-8.
9. Turpie AGG, Gent M, Laupacis A, et al. A comparison of aspirin with placebo in patients treated with warfarin after heart valve replacement. N Eng J Med 1993;329:524-9.
10. Vahanian A, Baumgartner H, Bax J, et al. Guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease. The Task Force on the Management of Valvular Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology. Eur Heart J 2007;28:230-68.
11. Massel D, Little SH. Risks and benefits of adding anti-platelet therapy to warfarin among patients with prosthetic heart valves: a meta-analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001;37:569-78.