Catheter-induced dissection of the left main coronary artery, the nemesis of an invasive cardiologist: A case report and review of the literature

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 840-845

  Jain, Deepak ^a   Kurowski, Volkhard ^a   Katus, Hugo A ^a   Richardt, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary angioplasty; Coronary dissection; Direct stenting; Left main coronary artery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETER; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCINTIANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; MALE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN GPIIB-IIIA COMPLEX; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036917062     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-002-0823-1     Document Type: Article

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