title: Left main stenting-as a bridge to surgery-for acute type A aortic dissection and anterior myocardial infarction.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barabas
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gosselin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Crépeau
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Petitclerc
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cartier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Théroux
mesh_terms: 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