title: Use of tandem stents for treatment of helicoidal dissection of the right coronary artery.
abstract: Coronary dissection occurs frequently and in several degrees during coronary angioplasty, which is one of the mechanisms for increasing the lumen diameter of a vessel. However the length of the dissection may affect the procedure, becoming the most frequent cause of total occlusion after coronary angioplasty. We report here a case of extensive dissection that occurred during the coronary angioplasty of a focused lesion, which we treated with two long stents.
authors.affiliation: Hospital São Joaquim da Real e Benemérita Sociedade Portuguesa de Beneficência-São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Domingues
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: de Almeida
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Franco Júnior
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Salvadori Júnior
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000209:etiology*; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents