title: Percutaneous intervention of an acute left main coronary occlusion due to dissection of the aortic root.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Veterans Administration Medical Center and University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California, USA.
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ravandi
authors.forename: William F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Penny
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation; D054059:Coronary Occlusion / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000473:pathology; D015607:Stents; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed / Q000295:instrumentation