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Percutaneous treatment of simultaneous aortic dissection and pericardial tamponade during coronary intervention

2005; Elsevier BV; Volume: 105; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.11.017

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Italo Porto, Andrew R.J. Mitchell, Joseph B. Selvanayagam, Stefan Neubauer, Adrian Banning,

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments

We report on a case of an unexpected dissection of the left main stem during percutaneous coronary intervention complicated by involvement of the ascending aorta with pericardial tamponade. After pericardial drainage, haemodynamic stabilization, and extensive stenting of the propagating dissection, safe discharge was possible without surgical intervention.