Key result
Catheter-induced dissection of an apparently normal right coronary artery during diagnostic catheterization may be related to aortic root motion and the spatial orientation of the RCA ostium.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights the mechanisms behind rare but life-threatening catheter-induced dissection of a normal right coronary artery during diagnostic catheterization.
Raises awareness for rare catheter-induced RCA dissection; leaves open mechanistic role of aortic root motion and ostial orientation.
Iatrogenic coronary artery dissection during diagnostic coronary catheterization is a rare but life-threatening event with a reported incidence of less than 0.1%. The current case report addresses the issue of catheter-induced dissection of an apparently normal right coronary artery (RCA). I tried to explain the factors underlying its occurrence, in view of the current knowledge of the aortic root motion during the cardiac cycle, and the spatial orientation of the RCA ostium.
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Wassam El Din HadadEl Shafey (2015) conducted a case report in Catheter-induced dissection of a normal right coronary artery (n=1). Diagnostic coronary catheterization was evaluated on Catheter-induced dissection. Catheter-induced dissection of an apparently normal right coronary artery during diagnostic catheterization may be related to aortic root motion and the spatial orientation of the RCA ostium.
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