Coronary Thrombosis and Type A Aortic Dissection. Issue 7 (17th May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Marchetti, Matteo; Scacciatella, Paolo; Di Rosa, Elio; Rinaldi, Mauro; Marra, Sebastiano
• Is Part Of: Journal of cardiac surgery. Volume 30:Issue 7(2015:Jul.)
• Page Start: 583
• Page End: 585
• Publication Date: 2015-05-17
• Subjects: Heart -- Surgery -- Periodicals; 617.412005
• DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12577
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0886-0440

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <sec id="jocs12577-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <p>A 74‐year‐old female had urgent surgery with replacement of the ascending aorta for acute type A dissection. Postprocedure, the electrocardiogram showed an ST‐segment elevation myocardial infarction in the antero‐lateral leads. Angiography revealed a thrombotic occlusion of the left anterior descending artery, treated successfully with bivalirudin administration, thrombus aspiration and a balloon angioplasty. This case involves the rare coexistence of acute type A aortic dissection and myocardial infarction due to coronary plaque thrombosis. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12577 <italic>(J Card Surg 2015;30:583–585)</italic></p> </sec> </abstract>