Use of tandem stents for treatment of helicoidal dissection of the right coronary artery.
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.
Furukawa
M K
MK
Hospital São Joaquim da Real e Benemérita Sociedade Portuguesa de Beneficência-São Paulo, Brazil.
Domingues
C E
CE
de Almeida
M C
MC
Franco Júnior
V R
VR
Salvadori Júnior
D
D
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