These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Left main coronary artery dissection during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.
    Author: Slack JD, Pinkerton CA, VanTassel JW, Orr CM.
    Journal: Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn; 1986; 12(4):255-60. PubMed ID: 2944595.
    Abstract:
    Acute dissection of the left main coronary artery during diagnostic cardiac catheterization with selective coronary arteriography is an uncommon but recognized complication of the procedure. That similar dissection may occur during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty is less well recognized. This report describes two cases of left main coronary dissection resulting in acute occlusion that occurred during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and demonstrates that survival with essentially complete functional recovery may result if immediate surgical intervention is undertaken. Recognition and treatment of this potentially catastrophic complication of angioplasty is described.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]