Percutaneous treatment of dissection of the ascending aorta occurring as a complication during coronary angioplasty of a saphenous vein bypass graft

J Interv Cardiol. 2005 Feb;18(1):45-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2005.00387.x.

Abstract

Aortocoronary dissection can occur as a complication of angioplasty of native coronary arteries. This case report is of aortic dissection occurring as a complication of percutaneous coronary intervention of proximal anastomoses of a saphenous vein bypass graft. The aortic dissection that had progressed retrogradely into the ascending aorta was treated percutaneously by stenting in the saphenous vein graft with a membrane-covered stent.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Diseases / etiology
  • Aortic Diseases / therapy*
  • Aortic Dissection / etiology
  • Aortic Dissection / therapy*
  • Coronary Artery Bypass*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Saphenous Vein
  • Stents*