ATS
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Personal Folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Author home page(s):
Amit Korach
Curtis T. Hunter
Harold L. Lazar
Richard J. Shemin
Oz M. Shapira
Right arrow Permission Requests
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Korach, A.
Right arrow Articles by Shapira, O. M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Korach, A.
Right arrow Articles by Shapira, O. M.
Related Collections
Right arrow Coronary disease

Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:312-314
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

OPCAB for Acute LAD Dissection Due to Blunt Chest Trauma

Amit Korach, MD, Curtis T. Hunter, MD, Harold L. Lazar, MD, Richard J. Shemin, MD, Oz M. Shapira, MD *

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Accepted for publication September 22, 2005.

* Address correspondence to Dr Shapira, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Suite B-402, Boston Medical Center, 88 E Newton St, Boston, MA 02118 (Email: oz.shapira{at}bmc.org).

A 40-year-old male pedestrian was hit by a truck and was admitted with multiple injuries including blunt chest trauma. Electrocardiogram revealed acute anterior ST-segment elevation and myocardial infarction. Coronary angiography demonstrated acute ostial left anterior descending coronary artery dissection. Due to extent and location, the lesion was not amenable for angioplasty. Multiple associated injuries and severely impaired coagulation studies directed us to perform emergency off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg.Home page
J. EV, G. Mundayat, K. Chunduru, J. Abraham, A. Palliyil, and D. Perimpa
Delayed surgery for traumatic rupture of aortic arch with dissection of the left anterior descending artery.
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., February 1, 2008; 135(2): 428 - 430.
[Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg.Home page
Y.-Y. Nan, J.-P. Chang, M.-S. Lu, and C.-L. Kao
Mediastinal hematoma and left main dissection following blunt chest trauma
Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg., February 1, 2007; 31(2): 320 - 321.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
ANN THORAC SURG ASIAN CARDIOVASC THORAC ANN EUR J CARDIOTHORAC SURG
J THORAC CARDIOVASC SURG ICVTS ALL CTSNet JOURNALS
Copyright © 2006 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.