Aortic valve tumor: an unusual cause of coronary obstruction during cardiac catheterization

Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1990 May;20(1):48-50. doi: 10.1002/ccd.1810200112.

Abstract

Coronary artery obstruction during cardiac catheterization is a rare but serious complication that has been reported to occur in 0.15 to 0.5% of cases. The most common causes of intraprocedural coronary occlusion include thromboembolism, air embolism, and coronary dissection. This report describes the angiographic findings of a patient who developed chest pain with electrocardiographic evidence of myocardial ischemia due to obstruction of the right coronary artery by an aortic valve tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aortic Valve / surgery
  • Cardiac Catheterization*
  • Cineangiography
  • Coronary Angiography*
  • Female
  • Fibroma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Fibroma / surgery
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging*