title: Detecting of coronary dissection by coronary magnetic resonance.
abstract: A 75-year-old man, who had a history of coronary dissection after percutaneous coronary intervention in left anterior descending coronary artery, underwent coronary magnetic resonance. Magnetic resonance demonstrated coronary dissection in the distal portion of the left anterior descending artery. Both the true lumen with thick vessel wall and the false lumen with thin vessel wall were demonstrated in the cross-sectional images using T1-weighed black blood technique and T2-weighed black blood technique. Soft plaque was located at the twelve o'clock in the true lumen. Invasive coronary angiogram showed long coronary dissection from middle to distal portion of left anterior descending coronary artery. Magnetic resonance was thought to be useful to detect and follow up the coronary dissection noninvasively.
authors.forename: Sei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Komatsu
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirayama
authors.forename: Yosuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Omori
authors.forename: Jiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shinohe
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Koshimune
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
authors.forename: Tomokazu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murakawa
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ropers
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Achenbach
authors.forename: Werner G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Daniel
authors.forename: Kazuhisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kodama
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity