Key result
Intracoronary Palmaz-Schatz stenting successfully treats a patient with AMI secondary to aortic dissection.
Why the study?
Does Palmaz-Schatz stenting successfully treat coronary occlusion resulting from aortic dissection?
Does Palmaz-Schatz stenting successfully treat coronary occlusion resulting from aortic dissection?
Intracoronary stenting can be a successful alternative to thrombolysis or angioplasty for treating acute myocardial infarction secondary to aortic dissection.
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May succeed in rare aortic dissection-related AMI; hypothesis-generating case report that should not yet change practice.
Ikari et al. (1995) studied this question. Intracoronary Palmaz-Schatz stenting successfully treated a patient with acute myocardial infarction secondary to aortic dissection, providing an alternative to thrombolysis or angioplasty.
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