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Chih-Hung Lai1, Tse-Min Lu2, Yu-Hsiang Juan3
1Division of Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung; ; School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University;
Abstract:
Middle-aged female patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have an increased risk of coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction (MI). We report a case of left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) MI associated with severe coronary spasm in both the LAD and left circumflex artery, complicated with fracture of the distal wire within the microcatheter which was successfully removed by manual aspiration using an inflation device. From this series of rare complications of SLE with MI, severe coronary spasm and guide wire fracture, we underscore that clinicians performing coronary intervention should be aware of an elevated chance of possible severe coronary spasms in SLE patients.
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