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ST‐Elevation myocardial infarction as a complication of retrograde chronic total occlusion recanalization
Author(s) -
Prayaga Sastry,
Uretsky Barry F.,
Sachdeva Rajesh
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.23266
Subject(s) - medicine , complication , cardiology , myocardial infarction , occlusion , coronary occlusion , elevation (ballistics) , geometry , mathematics
With the advent of new tools and techniques including the retrograde approach, success rates for recanalization of chronic total occlusion (CTO) have improved. Numerous cardiac and extracardiac complications during retrograde CTO recanalization have been described. To date the development of ST‐segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) with retrograde recanalization as a result of atheroembolization has not been reported. We report such a case following retrograde recanalization of a totally occluded right coronary artery. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.