1. Noninvasive Recanalization of a Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion.
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Kos, Nikola, Radeljić, Vjekoslav, Pavlović, Nikola, Kordić, Krešimir, Đula, Kristijan, Bulj, Nikola, Krčmar, Tomislav, Brkljačić, Diana Delić, Zeljković, Ivan, and Manola, Šime
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CORONARY arteries ,CORONARY angiography ,MYOCARDIAL infarction ,DRUG standards ,ANGIOGRAPHY ,ARTERIES ,CHRONIC total occlusion - Abstract
Background. Spontaneous recanalization of a chronically occluded artery is rare and reported anecdotally. Case Summary. We report a case of a patient with a chronically occluded right coronary artery, found on a coronary angiography performed due to acute ST elevation myocardial infarction with an occluded circumflex artery as a culprit lesion. Three months later, a follow-up angiography was performed and a recanalization of the occluded right coronary artery was detected. Discussion. There is a possibility that intrinsic fibrinolytic mechanisms with the additional effect of standard antithrombotic drugs administrated after the acute coronary event led to the recanalization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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