title: Left main coronary artery stenting prior to surgical repair of a type a aortic dissection.
abstract: Type A aortic dissection (TAAD) can be complicated by myocardial ischemia due to extension of the dissection into coronary artery or by extrinsic compression of a coronary artery by the false lumen. We present the successful surgical management of a hemodynamically unstable patient with acute aortic dissection with ongoing myocardial ischemia by stenting the left main system prior to the surgical repair of TAAD.
authors: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia. drpankajsaxena@hotmail.com
authors: Pankaj
authors: P
authors: Saxena
authors: Arwen
authors: A
authors: Boyle
authors: Sharad
authors: S
authors: Shetty
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Edwards
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents