Abstract

Patient 1, a 46-year-old man, and patient 2, a 53-year-old man, both current smokers, were admitted to our center 60 minutes and 6 hours, respectively, after the onset of a first episode of ST-elevation inferior wall acute myocardial infarction. Neither of the patients had a prior history of heart disease or any risk factor for coronary artery disease other than a history of smoking. Both underwent coronary angiography with a transradial approach, revealing single-vessel disease consisting of a TIMI grade 0 occlusion of the proximal right coronary artery (Figure 1A and Figure 2A). Both patients received 500 mg IV aspirin, 300 mg …

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