Abstract

Mobile thrombus extending from the distal segment of the left main coronary artery to the left anterior descending artery

Author(s): Ozcan Orscelik, Bugra Ozkan, Ertan Emre Sahin, Veli Gokhan Cin, Mehmet Necdet Akkus and Tukay Ozcan

Left main coronary artery disease was originally described by James Bryan Herrick, who also described the symptoms of myocardial infarction. Acute coronary syndromes characterized by thrombus formation in the left main coronary artery represent an uncommon form of atherosclerotic cardiac diseases. We describe a 77-year old female patient who had mobile thrombus extending from the distal segment of the left main coronary artery to the left anterior descending artery.