Author/Authors :
Saygı, Serkan Karşıyaka State Hospital - Clinic of Cardiology, Turkey , Alioğlu, Emin Central Hospital - Clinic of Cardiology, Turkey , Türk, Uğur Central Hospital - Clinic of Cardiology, Turkey , Türk, Uğur Central Hospital - Clinic of Cardiology, Turkey , Tüzün, Nurullah Central Hospital - Clinic of Cardiology, Turkey , Kırılmaz, Bahadır Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology, Çanakkale , Tengiz, İstemihan Central Hospital - Clinic of Cardiology, Turkey , Ercan, Ertuğrul Mart University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology, Turkey
Abstract :
Atherosclerotic plaque rupture and subsequent coronary thrombo- sis are the main reasons for acute coronary syndromes. Non- atherosclerotic coronary embolism (CE) is an infrequent mechanism in the pathogenesis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Diagnosis and treatment of patients with CE are extremely difficult. This paper demon- strates a case of left main coronary (LMC) artery embolism resulting in cardiogenic shock and death in a patient with prosthetic mitral valve.
