title: Survival after spontaneous primary left main coronary artery dissection. Acute surgical intervention with the Jarvik 7-70 artificial heart.
abstract: Spontaneous primary dissection of a coronary artery is extremely rare, and when it involves the left main trunk the outcome is catastrophic. A 41-year-old woman who survived such a dissection and resultant myocardial infarct with cardiogenic shock is reported here. The patient required a Jarvik 7-70 artificial heart to sustain life until an orthotopic cardiac transplant was performed, and she is now alive and well.
authors: University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Canada.
authors: W J
authors: WJ
authors: Keon
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Koshal
authors: W D
authors: WD
authors: Boyd
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Laramee
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Farrell
authors: V M
authors: VM
authors: Walley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery*; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006354:Heart, Artificial; D006801:Humans