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Aortic valve laceration following coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention
Author(s) -
Roy James,
Manganas Con,
Youssef George,
Rees David
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12846
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary angiography , percutaneous coronary intervention , percutaneous , cardiac catheterization , cardiology , aortic valve , angiography , radiology , myocardial infarction
Valve complications following coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary interventions are rare. We report a case of an aortic valve laceration following cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention, which required surgical valve replacement.