European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on April 4, 2007
European Heart Journal 2007 28(17):2109; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm028
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Coronary artery perforation during primary PCI: an easily resolved case for a dramatic complication
Department of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Morphologic Sciences, University of Rome La Sapienza, Policlinico Umbero I, Viale del Policlinico, 00161 Rome, Italy
* Correspondig author. Tel: +39 06 49979035. E-mail address: massimomancone@gmail.com
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A 55-year-old male diabetic and hypercolesterolemic patient presented with acute lateral wall myocardial infarction. Coronary angiography showed a significant stenosis of distal right coronary artery (RCA), a total chronic occlusion of a small left