Intracoronary stenting of a coronary occlusion resulting from an aortic dissection.
Acute myocardial infarction secondary to aortic dissection may occur due to compression of the coronary arteries by a hematoma or extension of the dissection into the coronary arterial wall. We report a patient with this condition who was successfully treated by Palmaz-Schatz stenting, providing an alternative to thrombolysis or angioplasty.
Ikari
Y
Y
Division of Cardiology, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Hara
K
K
Tamura
T
T
Hara
H
H
Saeki
F
F
Kikawa
I
I
Wanibuchi
Y
Y
Yamaguchi
T
T
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D001027:Aortography; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed