Stenting for spontaneous left internal mammary artery dissection: a case report.
We present a case of a spontaneously occurring mid LIMA dissection found on routine cardiac catheterization. We report our evaluation and intervention for this exceedingly rare phenomenon.
Ziaee
Ali
A
J. Gerard Mudd Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
Puri
Sanjeev
S
Kern
Morton J
MJ
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D015607:Stents; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional