Novel strategy for ostial left anterior descending artery acute myocardial infarction: Combined treatment with directional coronary atherectomy followed by drug‐coated balloon angioplasty

• Main Authors: Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Takahiro Sawada, Tomofumi Takaya, Hiroya Kawai, Yoshinori Yasaka
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2021-03-01
• Series: Clinical Case Reports
• Subjects: acute myocardial infarction; bifurcation; directional coronary atherectomy; drug‐coated balloon; percutaneous coronary intervention
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3659
• ISSN: 2050-0904

Abstract A 69‐year‐old female diagnosed with ostial left anterior descending artery acute myocardial infarction underwent percutaneous coronary intervention using combined directional coronary atherectomy followed by drug‐coated balloon angioplasty. This report highlights a novel management strategy with no permanent scaffold left in the coronary artery.