A rare cause of myocardial infarction: coronary embolism in a patient with prosthetic mitral valve thrombosis

Coronary Emboli in a Young Patient with Mechanical Aortic Valve: A Rare Cause of Acute Myocardial Infarction

“…They treated their patient medically with unfractionated heparin and tirofiban due to the distal location of thrombus (13). Likewise, we decided to manage our patient medically without coronary intervention considering the distal location of the thrombus with a relatively small territory, mild residual ST segment elevations, and inverted T waves on the ECG.…”

Acute inferior myocardial infarction in a patient with a prosthetic aortic valve and high international normalized ratio

“…In those conditions, coronary embolism is the proposed mechanism. We have recently reported a case of myocardial infarction due to coronary embolism in a patient with prosthetic mitral valve thrombosis and an INR of 1.6 [2]. …”

“…ST elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) in patients with a mechanical prosthetic valve is rare and usually due to inadequate anticoagulation [1, 2]. …”

Severe dysfunction of a mechanical mitral valve prosthesis coexisting with non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

“…Dysfunction of mechanical heart valve prosthesis is an infrequent but potentially lethal complication of valve replacement [1,2], which requires urgent treatment. Thrombosis of the mechanical prosthetic valve may also rarely coexist with myocardial infarction caused by coronary embolism [3], most often resulting in STEMI, however may also lead to NSTEMI [4].…”