Successful Primary PCI in Left Anterior Descending Artery Managing Acute Myocardial Infarction

Authors

  • Mohammad Safiuddin Department of Cardiology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka
  • Ahmed Saiful Bari Department of Cardiology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka
  • Md Sharifur Rashid Department of Cardiology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka
  • Md Hasibul Hasan Department of Cardiology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka
  • Md Nazmul Hasan Department of Cardiology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka
  • Lohani Md Tajul Islam Department of Cardiology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka

Abstract

Coronary reperfusion with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) or fibrinolytic therapy improves outcomes in patients with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) or an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with a new or presumably new left bundle branch block or a true posterior MI. If performed in a timely fashion, PPCI is the reperfusion therapy of choice compared to fibrinolysis because it achieves a higher rate of TIMI 3 flow. Here we describe a case of acute ST elevated anterior myocardial infarction managed with primary percutaneous coronary intervention with the insertion of a drug eluting stent in the Left anterior descending Artery without any procedural complication.

University Heart Journal Vol. 10, No. 1, January 2014; 45-46

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2015-08-20

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Successful Primary PCI in Left Anterior Descending Artery Managing Acute Myocardial Infarction. (2015). University Heart Journal, 10(1), 45-46. https://doi.org/10.3329/uhj.v10i1.24604

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2014)

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Case Reports

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How to Cite

Successful Primary PCI in Left Anterior Descending Artery Managing Acute Myocardial Infarction. (2015). University Heart Journal, 10(1), 45-46. https://doi.org/10.3329/uhj.v10i1.24604