Conservative management of the perforation of a side branch of the left main coronary artery during coronary angiography.
We report perforation of a side branch of left main coronary artery during coronary angiography. We suppose that the engaging of the catheter into a small side branch caused this complication. Furthermore, we observed that the conservative approach might be successful in the restoration of such coronary artery perforations. To the best of our knowledge this is the first reported case of left main side branch coronary artery perforation during angiography.
Ozdogru
Ibrahim
I
Eryol
Namik Kemal
NK
Tasdemir
Kutay
K
Inanc
Mehmet Tugrul
MT
Dogan
Ali
A
Kaya
Mehmet Gungor
MG
D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012421:Rupture / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016312:Treatment Refusal