Aortic valve tumor: An unusual cause of coronary obstruction during cardiac catheterization

Douglas H. Israel, Warren Sherman, Samin K. Sharma, Manuel R. Estioko, John A. Ambrose

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Abstract

Coronary artery obstruction during cardiac catheterization is a rare but serious complication that has been reported to occur in 0.15 to 0.5% of cases [1,2]. The most common causes of intraprocedural coronary occlusion include thromboembolism, air embolism, and coronary dissection. This report describes the angiographic findings of a patient who developed chest pain with electrocardiographic evidence of myocardial ischemia due to obstruction of the right coronary artery by an aortic valve tumor.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)48-50
Number of pages3
JournalCatheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
Volume20
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1990

Keywords

  • aortic valve tumor
  • cardiac catheterization
  • myocardial ischemia

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