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May serve as bridge in rare AMI-aortic dissection cases; leaves open need for prospective data on safety and generalizability.
We report here on a case of ascending aortic dissection combined with anterior myocardial infarction that was caused by a retrograde dissection into the left main coronary trunk and proximal left anterior descending artery. We successfully treated this with stenting of the left main coronary artery and proximal left anterior descending artery, and this allowed for the definitive surgical correction. Stenting a collapsed left main coronary artery can be lifesaving procedure and serve as a bridge to surgery. (Korean Circulation J 2004;34(12):1210-1215)
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Kwon et al. (2004) conducted a case report in Acute myocardial infarction complicated by ascending aortic dissection (n=1). Left main coronary stenting was evaluated on Clinical outcome (survival and successful surgical correction).
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