Coronary embolization of an intramyocardial hematoma after myocardial infarction.

Raphaël P Martins (1, 2) , Nicolas Coquerel (3) , Denis Amer Zabalawi (3) , Alban-Elouen Baruteau (1, 4, 2) , Jean-Yves Gauvrit (5) , Dominique Boulmier (1, 2) , Jean-Claude Daubert (1, 2) , Philippe Mabo (1, 4, 2) , Erwan Donal (1, 4, 2)

1 Service de cardiologie et maladies vasculaires [Rennes] = Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery [Rennes]
2 LTSI - Laboratoire Traitement du Signal et de l'Image
3 CHU de Saint-Brieuc
4 CIC-IT Rennes
5 Service de radiologie et imagerie médicale [Rennes] = Radiology [Rennes]

A 62-year-old man with a history of smoking, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia was admitted for an inferior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (Figure 1). Coronary angiography performed 1 hour after the onset of chest pain revealed that the posterolateral artery was aneurysmal and obstructed...

Domaines: Ingénierie biomédicale; Cardiologie et système cardiovasculaire

Raphaël P Martins, Nicolas Coquerel, Denis Amer Zabalawi, Alban-Elouen Baruteau, Jean-Yves Gauvrit, et al.. Coronary embolization of an intramyocardial hematoma after myocardial infarction.. Circulation, 2010, 121 (8), pp.e220-4. ⟨10.1161/CIR.0b013e3181d38d3c⟩. ⟨hal-00910117⟩