Left main stenting-as a bridge to surgery-for acute type A aortic dissection and anterior myocardial infarction.
Acute anterior wall myocardial infarction is a rare but often catastrophic presentation of ascending aortic dissection. We report the case of a patient who was successfully treated by direct stenting of the left main coronary artery, allowing for definitive surgical correction.
Barabas
M
M
Department of Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Gosselin
G
G
Crépeau
J
J
Petitclerc
R
R
Cartier
R
R
Théroux
P
P
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents