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CASE REPORT article
Front. Cardiovasc. Med.
Sec. Cardiovascular Imaging
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2025.1471462
This article is part of the Research Topic Optimizing Cardiovascular Imaging for Unusual Clinical Scenarios: A Case-Based Approach View all 7 articles
Successful Pharmaco-mechanical Treatment of a Subtotally Occluded Venous Bypass Graft in a Patient Presenting with Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of the Current Literature on the Role of Local Thrombolysis
Provisionally accepted- 1 Department of Cardiology, Campus Kerckhoff, Bad Nauheim, Bad Nauheim, Germany
- 2 GRN Klinik Weinheim, Weinheim, Germany
The patient gave written informed consent for publication of the case. The patient's completed consent form will be retained by the treating facility in accordance with locally approved procedures and stored with the patient's medical records. We hereby confirm compliance with the COPE guidelines.Acute coronary syndrome ACT Activated clotting time CCTA Coronary computed tomography angiography CABG Coronary artery bypass grafting DES Drug-eluting stent i.v. Intravenous IVUS Intravascular ultrasound LAD Left anterior descending NSTEMI Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction PCI Percutaneous coronary intervention RCA Right coronary artery rt-PA Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator s.c. Subcutaneous
Keywords: MR received proctor fees from Boston Scientific and Medtronic Acute coronary syndrome, computed tomography angiography, Coronary artery bypass graft, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Thrombectomy, Local thrombolysis
Received: 27 Jul 2024; Accepted: 20 Feb 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Renker, Sossalla, Schoefthaler and Korosoglou. 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:
Grigorios Korosoglou, GRN Klinik Weinheim, Weinheim, Germany
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