Cheng Cheng-Chung, Tsao Tien-Ping, Tzeng Bing-Hsiean, Cheng Shu-Meng, Yang Shih-Ping
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
South Med J. 2008 Nov;101(11):1165-7. doi: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31817fe2f9.
Retrograde aortocoronary dissection is a rare but devastating complication of coronary angioplasty. It occurs most frequently in the right coronary artery, rarely in the left. This is a case report of an aortic dissection complicated by coronary angioplasty of the left circumflex artery. Stenting of the left main coronary artery successfully sealed the entry point of dissection.