Sindrome coronarica acuta con inusuale riscontro di duplice occlusione, acuta e cronica, dell’arteria discendente anteriore

: In patients with acute coronary syndrome, total chronic occlusion of a non-culprit vessel is a frequent angiographic finding (10-30%) and it is associated with increased mortality. The effective treatment of these lesions results in better outcomes, and procedural success depends partly on the anatomical features of the lesion. As indicated by current guidelines, the treatment of non-infarct-related artery lesions is not recommended in the acute setting, even in case of hemodynamic instability. We here report the case of a 57-year-old patient suffering from an acute coronary syndrome with double occlusion, acute and chronic, of the left anterior descending artery, both treated in the acute setting with good angiographic and clinical results.