Table 1.

List of reported causes of coronary embolism.

Atrial fibrillation

Cardiac surgery

Coronary atherosclerosis

Dilated cardiomyopathy

Embolism by tumor or thrombus through a PFO or ASD

Iatrogenic embolism during interventional procedures (air bubbles, thrombi, calcium deposits)

Left ventricular aneurysm

Non-infected thrombi on prosthetic valves

Septic emboli from infective endocarditis

Tumors (atrial myxoma, papillary fibroelastoma)

Valvular heart disease

PFO=patent foramen ovale, ASD=atrial septal defect.