Rovetta Riccardo, Vizzardi Enrico, D'Aloia Antonio, Bonadei Ivano, Sciatti Edoardo, Metra Marco
Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2014 Jun;82(2):110-1. doi: 10.4081/monaldi.2014.52.
Myocardial infarction may be the result of embolism of calcified material from the aortic valve or thrombotic formations adhering to the same. We report a case of late myocardial infarction secondary to embolization from a thrombus adherent to the aortic valve jutting out in the ostium of the left main coronary artery.