title: Dissection of the ascending aorta induced by coronary angiography.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Birnbaum
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Fishbein
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kass
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Samuels
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Siegel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014463:Ultrasonography