Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9880
+44 1300 500008
ISSN: 2155-9880
+44 1300 500008
Vikas Kumar
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Ivy Hospital, Mohali, Punjab,
India
Case Report
Paradoxical Coronary Embolism Causing Unstable Angina in an Octogenarian
Author(s): Vikas Kumar, Sunder Negi, Ankur Ahuja and Deepak Puri
Vikas Kumar, Sunder Negi, Ankur Ahuja and Deepak Puri
Acute coronary syndrome resulting from paradoxical coronary embolism is a known and dreaded entity. It should be suspected in all patients who present with acute coronary syndrome with normal coronary arteries on angiography, irrespective of age. We report a case of an 80 year old male with unstable angina with atrial septal defect and 95% acute thrombotic occlusion of the right coronary artery with rest of the coronaries being normal on coronary angiography.
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DOI:
10.4172/2155-9880.1000622