title: Aortic dissection extending from the left coronary artery during percutaneous coronary angioplasty.
abstract: A 72-year-old woman with acute aortic dissection as a complication of percutaneous coronary angioplasty was successfully treated. She received a graft replacement of the ascending aorta as well as triple coronary artery bypass grafts. The dissection had extended from the left coronary artery. Although acute aortic dissection is a rare complication of percutaneous coronary angioplasty, physicians and cardiac surgeons should keep its potential occurrence in mind.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ochi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yajima
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kutsukata
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bessho
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography