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Case Reports
. 1987 Nov-Dec;13(6):394-7.
doi: 10.1002/ccd.1810130606.

Left main coronary artery embolism: a case report

G L Maddoux  1 , J E Goss, B W Ramo, G L Raff, R R Heuser, N Shadoff, J N Wilson, W M Deane, T W Hoyt, B N Fowler, et al.
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Left main coronary artery embolism: a case report

G L Maddoux et al. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1987 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

A 27-year-old man had recurrent myocardial infarction found to be due to coronary embolism to the left main coronary artery with downstream embolization. The presumed etiology of thromboembolism was idiopathic cardiomyopathy. A unique method of treatment with Fogarty catheter retrieval was used.

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