Key result
Diagnostic angiography occasionally causes life-threatening catheter-induced left main dissection requiring careful clinical management.
This case report highlights the management of a rare but life-threatening complication of diagnostic angiography, catheter-induced left main dissection.
Alerts to rare left main dissection risk during angiography; leaves open systematic study of incidence and prevention.
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Mulvihill et al. (2003) studied this question. Diagnostic angiography can occasionally cause catheter-induced left main dissection, a potentially life-threatening complication requiring careful clinical management.
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