Conservative management of the perforation of a side branch of the left main coronary artery during coronary angiography

Ozdogru, Ibrahim; ERYOL, NAMIK; Tasdemir, Kutay; İNANÇ, MEHMET; DOĞAN, ALİ; Kaya, Mehmet

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.01.025

Conservative management of the perforation of a side branch of the left main coronary artery during coronary angiography

Ozdogru I., ERYOL N. K., Tasdemir K., İNANÇ M. T., DOĞAN A., Kaya M. G.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, cilt.126, sa.3, 2008 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Kısa Makale
Cilt numarası: 126 Sayı: 3
Basım Tarihi: 2008
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.01.025
Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We report perforation of a side branch of left main coronary artery during coronary angiography. We suppose that the engaging of the catheter into a small side branch caused this complication. Furthermore, we observed that the conservative approach might be successful in the restoration of such coronary artery perforations. To the best of our knowledge this is the first reported case of left main side branch coronary artery perforation during angiography. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.