AUTHOR=Wu Kaimin , Chen Xiang , Ding Licheng , Wang Bin 

TITLE=Case Report: A balloon-based technique to remove a pearl-like embolus out of the coronary artery

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cardiovascular-medicine/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1086483

DOI=10.3389/fcvm.2023.1086483

ISSN=2297-055X

ABSTRACT=Coronary embolism is considered as a rare non atherosclerotic etiology of acute myocardial infarction while atrial fibrillation is the main etiology of coronary embolism. We report a rare case of coronary embolism with a special pearl-like embolus attributing to atrial fibrillation. In this case, we used a balloon-based technique to remove the embolus out of the coronary artery successfully.