Autolytic recanalisation of a thrombotic artery

BMJ Case Reports
Alice WoodElved Roberts

Abstract

This case describes a patient who presented with an occluded and ectatic right coronary artery. Initial aspiration and, later, guide catheter thrombectomy, liberated large volumes of thrombus but did not appear to restore significant flow. Thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) 3 flow was, however, evident 2 weeks later, demonstrating the combined effect of vigorous thrombectomy and autolysis on a heavily thrombotic section of coronary artery.

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