Open AccessConsideration of the Femoral Artery Approachin Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Acute St-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Kommerell’s Diverticulum With A Right-Sided Aortic Arch: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Kaito Abe,
Hiroshi Doi,
Takemi Kusano,
Sogame Koki,
Hidetoshi Fukui,
Moto Shimada,
Chika Kawashima,
Goro Endo,
Jun Okuda
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of medical science and clinical invention
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2454-9576
pISSN - 2348-991X
DOI - 10.18535/ijmsci/v9i03.01
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , myocardial infarction , percutaneous coronary intervention , right coronary artery , aortic arch , aorta , femoral artery , percutaneous , revascularization , radiology , surgery , coronary angiography
Owing to vascular malformations, it is difficult to perform catheter operation following the radial artery approach in percutaneous coronary intervention for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) with Kommerell’s diverticulum on the right-sided aortic arch. However, only few studies have reported the use of the femoral artery approach to achieve early reperfusion; however, there is no established approach for patients with a right-sided aortic arch. In this study, we retrospectively analyzed the usefulness of the femoral artery approach in patients with STEMI and a right-sided aorta from January 2010 to March 2021.The total number of computed tomography (CT) cases was 180,514, of which 2 involved STEMI. In one of the two cases, the right radial artery approach was used. Therefore, only one patient with STEMI with a right-sided aortic arch underwent and operation using the femoral artery approach. In this patient, early revascularization was achieved with a door-to-balloon time of 70 min, suggesting the usefulness of the femoral artery approach.