Superficial temporal artery access for percutaneous coronary artery stenting during the COVID-19 pandemic: a case report | Zendy

Ádám Csavajda | Zendy; Olivier F. Bertrand | Zendy; Béla Merkely | Zendy; Zoltán Ruzsa | Zendy

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Superficial temporal artery access for percutaneous coronary artery stenting during the COVID-19 pandemic: a case report

Author(s) -

Ádám Csavajda,

Olivier F. Bertrand,

Béla Merkely,

Zoltán Ruzsa

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

european heart journal - case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.256

H-Index - 5

ISSN - 2514-2119

DOI - 10.1093/ehjcr/ytaa520

Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous coronary intervention , cardiology , radiology , percutaneous , myocardial infarction , femoral artery , angiography , artery

Background The COVID-19 pandemic creates new challenges for healthcare, including invasive cardiology. Case summary We discuss the case of a 65-year-old man who presented with non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction combined with bilateral pneumonia. The patient had known severe iliac artery lesions with prior interventions and bilateral subclavian artery occlusions. After unsuccessful femoral artery access, the diagnostic angiography and the right coronary artery percutaneous coronary intervention were successfully performed from ultrasound-guided lower superficial temporal artery access. Discussion We showed that superficial temporal access can be used as an alternate access site for diagnostic coronary angiography and intervention when standard wrist and femoral access sites are not readily accessible.

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