Dissection of the ascending aorta induced by coronary angiography.
We present a 75-year-old woman with an iatrogenic dissection of the ascendin aorta, induced by stenting of the right coronary artery. Coronary angiographic and transesophageal echocardiographic imaging and histology are presented.
Birnbaum
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Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA.
Fishbein
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Kass
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Samuels
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Luo
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Siegel
R J
RJ
D000368:Aged; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014463:Ultrasonography