Koza Yavuzer, Kaya Uğur, Taş Hakan, Koza Enise Armagan
Department of Cardiology, Ataturk University Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ataturk University Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey.
Aorta (Stamford). 2018 Dec;6(6):142-144. doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1683956. Epub 2019 Apr 24.
A 74-year-old man was admitted with the diagnosis of non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction. During right coronary angiography, a coronary artery dissection extending into the proximal ascending aorta was noticed without hemodynamic compromise. Immediate computed tomography angiography showed no evidence of dissection in the ascending aorta. The patient remained hemodynamically stable with medical therapy alone. This case report highlights the importance of medical therapy in patients with uncomplicated iatrogenic aortic dissection.