Highlights the rare complication of catheter-induced left main coronary artery dissection and notes that stenting the entry point may not halt progression when the aortic root is involved.
Stenting entry points may fail to contain dissection with aortic root involvement; leaves open optimal strategies for catheter-induced LMCA dissection.
Catheter-induced left main coronary artery dissection is quite rare. We describe two cases of iatrogenic left main coronary artery dissection. In the first case, the aortic root was involved in the dissection process, and stenting of the entry point did not halt the progression of dissection. In the second case, the dissection did not involve the aortic root.
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