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

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2000 Sep;51(1):74-7. doi: 10.1002/1522-726x(200009)51:1<74::aid-ccd17>3.0.co;2-f.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Aged
  • Aortic Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Aortic Dissection / complications
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Dissection / surgery*
  • Aortography
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Electrocardiography
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology
  • Myocardial Infarction / surgery*
  • Stents*