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Percutaneous treatment of catheter‐induced dissection of the left main coronary artery and adjacent aortic wall: A case report
Author(s) -
AlSaif Shukri M.,
Liu Ming W.,
AlMubarak Nadim,
Agrawal Subodh,
Dean Larry S.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1522-726x(200001)49:1<86::aid-ccd20>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous coronary intervention , cardiology , aortic dissection , angioplasty , dissection (medical) , percutaneous , aortic root , catheter , left coronary artery , artery , coronary angiography , interventional cardiology , radiology , surgery , aorta , myocardial infarction
Left main coronary artery dissection complicating selective coronary angiography is uncommon. Moreover, aortic root dissection associated with coronary intervention is underreported and may require urgent surgical intervention. During percutaneous coronary angioplasty of a catheter‐induced left main coronary artery dissection, retrograde dissection of the adjacent aortic root occurred. Both were successfully treated by stenting of the left main coronary artery. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 49:86–89, 2000. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.