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Double-arterial coronary stent thrombosis in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is an infrequent but severe complication, especially when the third main coronary artery is chronically occluded. The conus artery (CA) can serve as a major source of collateral when the left anterior descendent coronary artery (LAD) becomes obstructed. We report a case of a 48-year-old man presenting with AMI due to a very late double-arterial stent thrombosis (ST) following drug-eluting stent implantation and a chronic occlusion of LAD collateralized by a large anomalous CA, which provided for the entire vascularization of the coronary tree.
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Monopoli, D.E., Politi, L., Sgura, F. et al. Acute myocardial infarction with occlusion of all three main epicardial coronary arteries: when Mother Nature takes care more than physicians. Heart Vessels 26, 222–225 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00380-010-0011-6
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