“First-in-man” report of successful use of drug-coated balloon angioplasty in primary percutaneous coronary intervention to treat a patient with 2 discrete ST-elevation myocardial infarction

A 41year old male, a chronic smoker, presented with anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in August 2014. He had a known history of diabetes mellitus and positive family history of ischemic heart disease. Emergent coronary angiography showed a single vessel disease with acute thrombotic occlusion of mid left anterior descending (LAD) artery (Fig. 1A). Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) was performed with aspiration thrombectomy and predilatation of mid LAD with a 2.0×15mm balloon.
Source: International Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research