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Extensive Retrograde Coronary Dissection into the Ascending Thoracic Aorta, Clinical Case Report

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Vladimir Ganyukov, Nikita Kochergin and Olga Barbarash

Extensive Retrograde Coronary Dissection into the Ascending Thoracic Aorta, Clinical Case Report

Retrograde dissection extending into the ascending thoracic aorta is a life threatening complication during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). This form of severe coronary dissection is very rarely observed. Aortic dissection extending >40 mm up the aorta in hemodynamically unstable patients is usually treated by а surgical intervention. We present a case of coronary artery dissection during a PCI where retrograde dissection extending progressively into the ascending thoracic aorta was observed. The complication was accompanied by hemodynamic instability but was successfully t... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-8602.1000237

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