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2015

Faculty of Health Sciences, East Africa

Massive thrombus burden

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Dual Antiplatelet Agents And Rivaroxaban For Massive Intracoronary Thrombus In Stemi, Nasiruddin Jamal, Mustaafa Bapumia Sep 2015

Dual Antiplatelet Agents And Rivaroxaban For Massive Intracoronary Thrombus In Stemi, Nasiruddin Jamal, Mustaafa Bapumia

Faculty of Health Sciences, East Africa

Management of intracoronary thrombus in patients presenting more than 12 hours after the onset of ST elevation myocardial infarction is challenging. We present such a case which had massive thrombus in left anterior descending artery. It was managed successfully with dual antiplatelet agents and factor Xa inhibitor rivaroxaban administered orally