AUTHOR=Wu Kaimin , Chen Xiang , Ding Licheng , Wang Bin 

TITLE=Case Report: A balloon-based technique to remove a pearl-like embolus out of the coronary artery

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

VOLUME=10

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cardiovascular-medicine/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1086483

DOI=10.3389/fcvm.2023.1086483

ISSN=2297-055X

ABSTRACT=<p>Coronary embolism is considered a rare non-atherosclerotic etiology of acute myocardial infarction, whereas atrial fibrillation is the main etiology of coronary embolism. We report a rare case of a patient with coronary embolism with a specific pearl-like embolus attributed to atrial fibrillation. For this patient, we used a balloon-based technique to successfully remove the embolus from the coronary artery.</p>