✦ LIBER ✦
Aortic dissection occurring during coronary angioplasty: Angiographic and transesophageal echocardiographic findings
✍ Scribed by Alfonso, Fernando ;Almería, Carlos ;Fernández-Ortíz, Antonio ;Segovia, Javier ;Ferreirós, Joaquín ;Goicolea, Javier ;Hernández, Rosana ;Bañuelos, Camino ;Gil-Aguado, Manuel ;Macaya, Carlos
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 235 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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✦ Synopsis
A localized acute aortic dissection was produced in 2 patients, complicating coronary angioplasty. In both cases a coronary dissection provided the entry door, with subsequent retrograde progression of the dissection into the aortic root. After sealing the entry door, both patients could be managed conservatively using transesophageal echocardiography to accurately define the location of the intimal flap and to rule out dissection progression.