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.
J. Gerard Mudd Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
Ali
A
Ziaee
Sanjeev
S
Puri
Morton J
MJ
Kern
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