Aortic valve tumor: an unusual cause of coronary obstruction during cardiac catheterization.
Coronary artery obstruction during cardiac catheterization is a rare but serious complication that has been reported to occur in 0.15 to 0.5% of cases. The most common causes of intraprocedural coronary occlusion include thromboembolism, air embolism, and coronary dissection. This report describes the angiographic findings of a patient who developed chest pain with electrocardiographic evidence of myocardial ischemia due to obstruction of the right coronary artery by an aortic valve tumor.
Israel
D H
DH
Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029.
Sherman
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W
Sharma
S K
SK
Estioko
M R
MR
Ambrose
J A
JA
D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002932:Cineangiography; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*