title: Percutaneous treatment of dissection of the ascending aorta occurring as a complication during coronary angioplasty of a saphenous vein bypass graft.
abstract: Aortocoronary dissection can occur as a complication of angioplasty of native coronary arteries. This case report is of aortic dissection occurring as a complication of percutaneous coronary intervention of proximal anastomoses of a saphenous vein bypass graft. The aortic dissection that had progressed retrogradely into the ascending aorta was treated percutaneously by stenting in the saphenous vein graft with a membrane-covered stent.
authors.affiliation: Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Prasad
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dzavik
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012501:Saphenous Vein; D015607:Stents