Cor Vasa 2025, 67(Suppl.3):51-54 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2025.045

Rare Cause of Acute Coronary Syndrome in a Young Female Patient: Coronary Embolism

Amr Youssef Hassan, Ahmed Esmail Fathalla, Ahmed Mohy El-Din Mahmoud, Hussien Heshmat Kassem
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cairo University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt

Background: Coronary embolization in patients with mechanical prosthesis as a cause of coronary artery occlusion has been considered a rare condition with unknown incidence. Moreover, there is a lack of consensus for effective treatment and management of coronary emboli in this setting.

Discussion: This case demonstrated coronary embolization may complicate mechanical thrombus with suboptimal INR levels and can be successfully treated with percutaneous angioplasty.

Keywords: Coronary angiography, Mechanical mitral prosthesis, Percutaneous balloon angioplasty

Received: February 2, 2025; Revised: February 24, 2025; Accepted: March 16, 2025; Prepublished online: June 2, 2012; Published: September 1, 2025  Show citation

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Hassan AY, Fathalla AE, El-Din Mahmoud AM, Kassem HH. Rare Cause of Acute Coronary Syndrome in a Young Female Patient: Coronary Embolism. Cor Vasa. 2025;67(Suppl.3):51-54. doi: 10.33678/cor.2025.045.
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