Figure 4. Percutaneous treatment of a mid-LAD aneurysm.
(A) Coronary angiogram of a 22 year-old male patient presenting with acute anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction. A giant aneurysm (etiology unknown) is seen in the mid segment of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery which is subtotally occluded after the aneurysmal segment. (B) TIMI 3 flow restored in the distal LAD after primary percutaneous coronary intervention using a 3.0 × 28 mm PTFE-covered stent with cessation of flow into the aneurysm.