title: Catheter-induced aortic dissection after invasive coronary angiography: evaluation with MDCT.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to describe the MDCT findings of retrograde aortic extension of catheter-induced coronary artery dissection and the use of MDCT in follow-up of this complication.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Coronary artery dissection with aortic extension can be a fatal although infrequent complication. The coronary artery entry point is usually stented in the catheterization laboratory. Thereafter, CT is the imaging modality of choice for immediate confirmation of the presence of residual iatrogenic aortic dissection and evaluation of its extent and later noninvasive follow-up.
authors: Department of Radiology, University of Montreal Medical Center, Hôtel-Dieu, Canada.
authors: Cristiana
authors: C
authors: Tanasie
authors: Martin
authors: M
authors: Chandonnet
authors: Anne
authors: A
authors: Chin
authors: André
authors: A
authors: Kokis
authors: Hung
authors: H
authors: Ly
authors: Louis P
authors: LP
authors: Perrault
authors: Carl
authors: C
authors: Chartrand-Lefebvre
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003287:Contrast Media; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media