Authors: Roland Klingenberg Christian Schmied Volkmar Falk Thomas F Lüscher Andrea Zbinden Roberto Corti
Publish Date: 2012/06/12
Volume: 101, Issue: 12, Pages: 1021-1023
Abstract
ST elevation myocardial infarction STEMI is commonly caused by a thrombotic occlusion of an epicardial coronary artery The most frequent cause is plaque rupture or erosion of an atherosclerotic plaque with subsequent thrombus formation 1 Thromboembolism constitutes an infrequent scenario attributable to dislodgement of a thrombus from a distinct site such as in venous thrombosis combined with a patent foramen ovale Septic thromboembolism from an endocarditic valve is a very rare but potentially fatal etiology and direct evidence of the associated microorganism in the occluding coronary thrombus has not been reportedThe authors received support from the Swiss National Research Foundation Sonderprogramm Universitäre Medizin SPUM 33CM30124112 the Swiss Heart Foundation the Fondation Leducq a strategic alliance with Pfizer Inc and the Zurich Heart House—Foundation for Cardiovascular Research Zurich
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