Successful treatment by percutaneous stent deployment of severe retrograde dissection of the right coronary artery extending into the sinus of Valsalva and ascending aorta [5]

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 112-114

  Notaristefano, Salvatore ^a   Giombolini, Claudio ^a   Santucci, Stefano ^a   Fortunati, Federico ^a   Savino, Ketty ^a   Notaristefano, Antonio ^a   Ambrosio, Giuseppe ^a  

^a Ospedale Silvestrini   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ascending aorta; Dissection; PTCA; Right coronary artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA; AORTA ARCH; AORTA SINUS; ARTERY DISSECTION; ASCENDING AORTA; CANNULATION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY CARE UNIT; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LETTER; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; AORTA; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINUS OF VALSALVA; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 24044436206     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.10.056     Document Type: Letter

References (7)

1. J.L. Januzzi, M.S. Sabatine, K.A. Eagle, A. Evangelista, D. Bruckman, R. Fattori International Registry of Aortic Dissection Investigators Iatrogenic aortic dissection Am J Cardiol 89 2002 623 626
2. H.K. Yip, C.J. Wu, K.H. Yeh, C.L. Hang, C.Y. Fang, and K.Y. Hsieh Unusual complication of retrograde dissection to the coronary sinus of Valsalva during percutaneous revascularization: a single-centre experience and literature review Chest 119 2001 493 501
3. N. Perez-Castellano, M.A. Garcia-Fernandez, E.J. Garcia, and J.L. Delcan Dissection of the aortic sinus of Valsalva complicating coronary catheterization: cause, mechanism, evolution, and management Catheter Cardiovasc Diagn 43 1998 273 279
4. F. Alfonso, C. Almeria, A. Fernandez-Ortiz, J. Segovia, J. Ferreiros, and J. Goicolea Aortic dissection occurring during coronary angioplasty: angiographic and transesophageal echocardiographic findings Catheter Cardiovasc Diagn 42 1997 412 415
5. V.P. Moles, F. Chappuis, F. Simonet, P. Urban, F. De La Serna, and A.K. Pande Aortic dissection as complication of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty Catheter Cardiovasc Diagn 26 1992 8 11
6. A.G. Sutton, R.K. Aggarwal, and M.A. de Belder Type A dissection of the ascending thoracic aorta during percutaneous coronary intervention J Invasive Cardiol 12 2000 147 150
7. V. Varma, N.C. Nanda, B. Soto, G.S. Roubin, R. Bajaj, and S. Jain Transesophageal echocardiographic demonstration of proximal right coronary artery dissection extending into the aortic root Am J Cardiol 123 1992 1055 1057