Diagnosis of coronary artery atheroembolism by right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy

Chest. 1994 Feb;105(2):632-4. doi: 10.1378/chest.105.2.632.

Abstract

A case of coronary artery atheroembolism in a 54-year-old man, presenting as worsening congestive heart failure 2 months after mitral valve repair, left ventricular aneurysmectomy, and coronary artery bypass grafting, is reported. The diagnosis was made by right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy. The authors believe this to be the first such account in the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arterioles / pathology
  • Biopsy
  • Coronary Artery Disease / pathology*
  • Coronary Thrombosis / pathology*
  • Coronary Vessels / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Embolism / pathology*
  • Heart Failure / diagnosis
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardium / pathology*