title: Surgical Treatment of a Catheter-Induced Iatrogenic Dissection of the Right Coronary Artery following Cardiac Catheterization.
abstract: Iatrogenic dissections of the ascending aorta are an uncommon and severe complication during cardiac catheterization. A 68-year-old female patient underwent diagnostic cardiac catheterization due to non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction. During the procedure, a catheter-induced 360(°) Class I dissection of the right coronary artery occurred. The patient developed severe bradycardia, which was treated with a temporary pacemaker. She underwent an emergency operation with ligation and a saphenous vein graft in the right coronary artery. The postoperative course was uneventful; and on postoperative day 6, she was discharged home.
authors.affiliation: University of P. J. Safarik, Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kosice, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Artemiou
authors.affiliation: University of P. J. Safarik, Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kosice, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lukacin
authors.affiliation: University of P. J. Safarik, Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Kosice, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kirsch
authors.affiliation: University of P. J. Safarik, Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Kosice, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ignac
authors.affiliation: University of P. J. Safarik, Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kosice, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bily
authors.affiliation: University of P. J. Safarik, Medical Faculty, Children's Hospital, Kosice, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Alzbeta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tohatyova
authors.affiliation: University of P. J. Safarik, Medical Faculty, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Kosice, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Miroslava
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bilecova-Rabajdova
authors.affiliation: University of P. J. Safarik, Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kosice, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Frantisek
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sabol
keywords: Cardiac catheterization; Dissection; Iatrogenic disease