Left main stenting-as a bridge to surgery-for acute type A aortic dissection and anterior myocardial infarction

Acute anterior wall myocardial infarction is a rare but often catastrophic presentation of ascending aortic dissection. We report the case of a patient who was successfully treated by direct stenting of the left main coronary artery, allowing for definitive surgical correction. Cathet. Cardiovasc. I...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions 2000-09, Vol.51 (1), p.74-77
Hauptverfasser:	Barabas, Melinda, Gosselin, Gilbert, Crépeau, Jacques, Petitclerc, Robert, Cartier, Raymond, Théroux, Pierre
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	acute anterior myocardial infarction Acute Disease Aged Aneurysm, Dissecting - complications Aneurysm, Dissecting - diagnostic imaging Aneurysm, Dissecting - surgery Aortic Aneurysm - diagnostic imaging Aortic Aneurysm - surgery Aortography Biological and medical sciences Blood and lymphatic vessels Cardiac Surgical Procedures Cardiology. Vascular system Diseases of the aorta dissection of the ascending aorta Echocardiography, Transesophageal Electrocardiography Humans intramural hematoma left main stenting Male Medical sciences Myocardial Infarction - diagnosis Myocardial Infarction - etiology Myocardial Infarction - surgery Stents
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Zusammenfassung:	Acute anterior wall myocardial infarction is a rare but often catastrophic presentation of ascending aortic dissection. We report the case of a patient who was successfully treated by direct stenting of the left main coronary artery, allowing for definitive surgical correction. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 51:74–77, 2000. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
ISSN:	1522-1946 1522-726X
DOI:	10.1002/1522-726X(200009)51:1<74::AID-CCD17>3.0.CO;2-F