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

International journal of cardiology (impact factor: 7.08). 06/2008; 126(3):e55-7. DOI:10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.01.025
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ABSTRACT 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.

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Keywords

catheter
 
coronary angiography
 
coronary artery perforations
 
engaging
 
main coronary artery
 
main side branch coronary artery perforation
 

Ibrahim Ozdogru