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

✍ Scribed by Melinda Barabas; Gilbert Gosselin; Jacques Crépeau; Robert Petitclerc; Raymond Cartier; Pierre Théroux

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 147 KB
• Volume: 51
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1522-1946
• DOI: 10.1002/1522-726x(200009)51:1<74::aid-ccd17>3.0.co;2-f

✦ Synopsis

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.