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CASE REPORT article

Front. Cardiovasc. Med.
Sec. Coronary Artery Disease
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1466524
This article is part of the Research Topic Case Reports in Coronary Artery Disease: 2024 View all 5 articles

Case Report: Recurrent Cardiogenic Shock Caused by Inter-arterial Left Coronary Artery Originating from the Right Coronary Sinus, Successfully Rescued by Mechanical Circulatory Support

Provisionally accepted
Tietuo Jin Tietuo Jin Rui Wang Rui Wang *Liang Dong Liang Dong *Yvhang Lv Yvhang Lv *
  • Taizhou Central Hospital, Taizhou, China

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    A young female patient suffered cardiogenic shock after undergoing surgery for an ectopic pregnancy. Coronary artery computed tomography angiography (CTA) revealed a left main artery (LM) originating from the right coronary sinus and traveling between the aorta and pulmonary artery. We successfully resuscitated the patient with mechanical circulatory support using veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) and an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP). The patient subsequently underwent surgery thereafter. When sudden cardiogenic shock occurs in a young patient, it is important to be vigilant for anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery (AAOCA).

    Keywords: VA-ECMO, IABP, Cardiogenic shock, AAOCA, case report

    Received: 18 Jul 2024; Accepted: 04 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Jin, Wang, Dong and Lv. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Rui Wang, Taizhou Central Hospital, Taizhou, China
    Liang Dong, Taizhou Central Hospital, Taizhou, China
    Yvhang Lv, Taizhou Central Hospital, Taizhou, China

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