A rare cause of acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a case of coronary embolism secondary to calcified bicuspid aortic valve

• Päätekijät: Anda Bularga (Tekijä), Andrew R Chapman (Tekijä), John Hung (Tekijä), Nicholas L. Mills (Tekijä), Marc R. Dweck (Tekijä)
• Aineistotyyppi: Kirja
• Julkaistu: Sciendo, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Coronary embolism is an uncommon cause of acute myocardial infarction, which can have a similar clinical presentation to a plaque rupture event with acute onset of ischaemic symptoms, ST segment elevation on electrocardiogram (ECG) and significant elevation in cardiac troponin, requiring immediate i...