Stent treatment of an aortocoronary dissection during percutaneous coronary intervention:  A case report and brief literature review

PAPADOPOULOS, Dimitris P.; ECONOMOU, Chrisostomos K.; PERAKIS, Alexandros

Document Details :

Title: Stent treatment of an aortocoronary dissection during percutaneous coronary intervention
Subtitle: A case report and brief literature review
Author(s): PAPADOPOULOS, Dimitris P. , ECONOMOU, Chrisostomos K. , PERAKIS, Alexandros
Journal: Acta Cardiologica
Volume: 61 Issue: 1 Date: February 2006
Pages: 119-121
DOI: 10.2143/AC.61.1.2005150

Abstract :
Aortocoronary dissection as a complication of diagnostic angiography or percutaneous coronary intervention is a rare occurrence.We describe a patient,in whom retrograde aortic dissection appeared during percutaneous coronary intervention to the right coronary artery, which was successfully treated by a 4-stent implantation.