• Marouane Boukhris, Salvatore Davide Tomasello, Francesco Marzà, Salvatore Azzarelli, and Alfredo Ruggero Galassi.
• Department of Medical Sciences and Pediatrics, Catheterization Laboratory and Cardiovascular Interventional Unit, Division of Cardiology, Cannizzaro Hospital, University of Catania, Catania, Italy; Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
• Can J Cardiol. 2015 Mar 1;31(3):320-7.

BackgroundWe aimed to determine the prevalence of iatrogenic aortic dissection in chronic total occlusion (CTO) recanalization procedures, and to assess the management strategy and outcome of such a complication.MethodsThis study was a retrospective analysis of CTO percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) cases performed by a single CTO experienced operator. Iatrogenic aortic dissection was defined as persistent contrast staining in the aortic cusp or root.ResultsAmong 956 CTO PCI cases, iatrogenic aortic dissection occurred in 8 patients for an overall frequency of 0.83%. The right coronary artery was the CTO involved vessel in all cases with ostial location and severe calcifications in 37.5% and 62.5% of cases, respectively. Four patients underwent the antegrade approach and a retrograde strategy was adopted in the remaining 4 patients. The iatrogenic aortic dissection started from the right sinus of Valsalva in 87.5% of cases and catheter trauma was the presumed mechanism of dissection in most cases. Stenting of the entry point was performed in all cases, and dissection was limited (< 40 mm) in all patients. No patients required emergency surgery. One cardiac death was observed 12 days after the index procedure (12.5%), and a mean follow-up of 31.5 months was uneventful in the remaining 7 patients.ConclusionsCTO recanalization procedures might be associated with a greater incidence of iatrogenic aortic dissection than non-CTO PCI. The therapeutic strategy and outcome depend on the rapidity of the entry point sealing and the degree of extension of the dissection into the aorta in serial imaging assessment.Copyright © 2015 Canadian Cardiovascular Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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