Emergency coronary stenting for acute occlusive dissection of the left main coronary artery

Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1993 Nov;30(3):227-9. doi: 10.1002/ccd.1810300310.

Abstract

Catheter-induced left main coronary artery dissection is a rare but serious complication of diagnostic cardiac angiography. We report the case of a patient with mitral regurgitation and accidental dissection of the left main coronary artery successfully managed with intracoronary stent that allowed emergent surgical revascularization and mitral replacement.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Dissection / therapy*
  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Coronary Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Aneurysm / therapy*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Disease / therapy*
  • Emergencies*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis
  • Hemodynamics / physiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mitral Valve / surgery
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery
  • Stents*