• G Ital Cardiol · Sep 1999

    Case Reports

    [Intravascular echocardiography (ICUS) diagnosis of post-traumatic coronary dissection involving the common trunk. A case report and review of the literature].

    • G Morocutti, L Spedicato, F Vendrametto, and G Bernardi.
    • Laboratorio di Emodinamica, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Maria della Misericordia, Udine.
    • G Ital Cardiol. 1999 Sep 1;29(9):1034-7.

    AbstractA case is reported in which a 31-years-old man experienced coronary artery dissection with an acute anterior myocardial infarction following blunt chest trauma in a car accident. Due to ECG signs of acute myocardial infarction a coronary angiography was performed showing an abrupt occlusion of the mid part of the left anterior descending artery and a linear filling defect in the proximal portion of the vessel. Additional detailed intravascular ultrasound was performed, revealing a long intimal tear involving the left anterior descending artery and the left main. The patient underwent immediate coronary artery bypass surgery. Two vein grafts were made from aorta to the left anterior descending artery and the circumflex artery, respectively. Repeat angiography was performed early after the operation; dissection of the left main and the left anterior descending artery was still visible and the grafts to the left descending artery and the circumflex were patent.

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