A unique complication during coronary angiography: Peripheral embolism by selective right coronary engagement - A case report

"Micro" and "macro" peripheral embolisms during coronary angiography have b een described. In all these cases, the aorta or the left heart chambers hav e been the source of embolus. A patient who during coronary angiography for acute inferior myocardial infarction experienced acute embolism of the lef t common femoral artery. The source of the embolus was a thrombus-filled ri ght coronary artery, and the precipitating cause was its selective engageme nt with a diagnostic Judkins right catheter. A brief review of literature i s also presented.