Coronary Artery Dissection

Coronary artery dissection is a feared and potentially life-threatening complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We examined the clinical, angiographic, and procedural characteristics, and outcomes of coronary dissection at a...

Coronary artery dissection is a...

05/16/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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Healing of Iatrogenic Coronary Dissection and Intramural Hematoma: Insights From OCT

12/27/2017

Shahar Lavi , MD, PhD;

Samual Hayman , MBBS, MSc;

A 57-year-old female presented with Canadian Cardiovascular Society class 2 angina and a positive stress test. Angiography was performed via right radial approach, resulting in spiral dissection and TIMI 0 flow.

A 57-year-old female presented...

12/27/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection After Pregnancy as First Manifestation of a Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

05/31/2017

Alberto Francesco Cereda , MD;

Paolo Angelo Canova , MD;

Francesco S. Soriano , MD;

We report the case of a myocardial infarction in the postpartum period due to a spontaneous coronary artery dissection. Intracoronary imaging (optical coherence tomography) was critical and led us to formulate the right diagnosis.

We report the case of a...

05/31/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology