Successful exclusion of left main trunk coronary artery aneurysm and concomitant HeartMate 3 implantation in a patient with a history of infective endocarditis: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronary artery embolism is a rare, life-threatening complication in patients with infectious endocarditis. Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty is a common treatment; however, a coronary artery aneurysm may develop at the angioplasty site.

Case summary

A 33-year-old women had been hospitalized in another institution due to cardiopulmonary arrest caused by embolic occlusion in the left main artery and infective endocarditis on mitral valve. Following extracorporeal membrane oxygenation insertion, she underwent percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty of the left main coronary artery and mitral valve replacement. She was transferred to our institution for advanced heart failure care. We immediately upgraded extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to an

SUBMITTER: Kunioka S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9994585 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature