scholarly journals Delayed presentation of left main coronary artery dissection due to catheter ablation in a patient with bicuspid aortic valve. Coincidence or manifestation of inherent vulnerability?

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 269-272
Author(s):  
Jacek Klaudel ◽  
Michal Glaza ◽  
Katarzyna Kosmalska ◽  
Marek Szolkiewicz
2017 ◽  
Vol 124 (6) ◽  
pp. 1789-1791 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenta Nakao ◽  
Toshiyuki Sawai ◽  
Junko Nakahira ◽  
Ayako Hamakawa ◽  
Hisanari Ishii ◽  
...  

1998 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 258-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia A Thistlethwaite ◽  
Riyad Y Tarazi ◽  
Frank J Giordano ◽  
Stuart W Jamieson

Perfusion ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashok Padukone ◽  
Ahmed K. Sayeed ◽  
Nandor Marczin ◽  
Diana García Sáez ◽  
Bartlomiej Zych ◽  
...  

Spontaneous left main coronary artery dissection is a rare cause of acute coronary events or sudden cardiac death, constituting less than 1% of all epicardial coronary artery dissections. It is often fatal and is mostly recognized at post-mortem examination in young victims of sudden death. More than 70% of the reported cases occurred in women, particularly during pregnancy and the peripartum period and those on oral contraceptives. The clinical presentation is highly variable and prognosis varies widely, depending predominantly on the speed of diagnosis. Treatment options include medical therapy, revascularization with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and mechanical circulatory support in cases of cardiogenic shock. We report a case of spontaneous dissection of the left main stem coronary artery, with extension into the left coronary territory, which occurred in a 41-year-old lady, complicated by profound cardiogenic shock requiring recovery with extracorporeal mechanical circulatory support after salvage myocardial revascularization.


2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-66
Author(s):  
Kresimir Kordic ◽  
Sime Manola ◽  
Ivan Zeljkovic ◽  
Ivica Benko ◽  
Nikola Pavlovic

Abstract Fascicular left ventricular tachycardia (VT) is the second most frequent idiopathic left VT in the setting of a structurally normal heart. Catheter ablation is curative in most patients with low complication rates. We report a case of ostial left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) occlusion during fascicular ventricular tachycardia ablation. Dissection was the most likely cause of LAD obstruction. To the authors’ best knowledge, this is the first case reporting selective LAD dissection during electrophysiology study with no left main coronary artery (LMCA) affection.


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