Iatrogenic aortic dissection during coronary intervention

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 419-422

  Maiello, Luigi ^a   La Marchesina, Ugo ^a   Presbitero, Patrizia ^a   Faletra, Francesco ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Coronary angioplasty; Stenting

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; HEPARIN ANTAGONIST; PROTAMINE; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MONITORING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AORTA; ARTERY; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STENT; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; ARTERIES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS;

EID: 0642284927     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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