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Int J Angiol 2004; 13(2): 84-85
DOI: 10.1007/s00547-004-1058-y
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Pitfalls of coronary angiography in aortic dissection—A case report

Nazim U.A. Khan, Kenneth S. Lerrick, Alan P. Kypson, Pabitra K. Saha
  • Division of Cardiology, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina
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27 April 2011 (online)

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Abstract

A pitfall of coronary angiography is described in a patient with acute type A aortic dissection. Initially, the coronary arteries could not be engaged because of the guidewire crossing into the false lumen from the true lumen via the distal dissection flap.