Key result
Bail-out stent angioplasty successfully manages catheter-induced type C LMCA dissections in two patients.
Why the study?
Iatrogenic left main coronary artery dissection is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of invasive coronary procedures requiring prompt recognition and management.
Case Report (n=2)
Bail-out stent angioplasty is a viable and successful management strategy for iatrogenic left main coronary artery dissection.
Alerts clinicians to rare catheter-induced left main dissection; case reports leave open optimal prevention and management strategies.
Iatrogenic left main coronary artery dissection is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication o f invasive coronary procedures, which requires prompt recognition and management.We present cases of two patients with type C guiding catheter-induced left main coronary artery dissections that were successfully tackled with bail-out stent angioplasty.The aetiology, recognition, management and prevention of this complication is discussed.
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Andreou et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Iatrogenic left main coronary artery dissection (n=2). Bail-out stent angioplasty was evaluated. Bail-out stent angioplasty successfully managed type C guiding catheter-induced left main coronary artery dissections in two patients.
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