Open AccessNovel strategy for ostial left anterior descending artery acute myocardial infarction: Combined treatment with directional coronary atherectomy followed by drug‐coated balloon angioplasty
Author(s) -
Yamamoto Hiroyuki,
Sawada Takahiro,
Takaya Tomofumi,
Kawai Hiroya,
Yasaka Yoshinori
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.3659
Subject(s) - medicine , angioplasty , myocardial infarction , percutaneous coronary intervention , cardiology , balloon , atherectomy , artery , stent , restenosis
A 69‐year‐old female diagnosed with ostial left anterior descending artery acute myocardial infarction underwent percutaneous coronary intervention using combined directional coronary atherectomy followed by drug‐coated balloon angioplasty. This report highlights a novel management strategy with no permanent scaffold left in the coronary artery.