Acute myocardial infarction due to paradoxical embolism: successful catheter aspiration and histological correlation.

The article focuses on acute myocardial infarction caused by paradoxical embolism in a case of 75-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and hypertension. It states that cardiac catheterization conducted on the patient revealed the unobstructed coronary arteries and preserved left ventricular function. It demonstrates the result of the electrocardiogram (ECG) which shows the sinus rhythm present on the patient.