Acute aortic dissection with left coronary artery obstruction
Hiroki Uehara*, Masaki Okuyama, Yutaro Oe, Takaki Yoshimura, Takahiro Gunji
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kin-ikyo Chuo Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
*Corresponding author/requests for reprints: Dr. Hiroki Uehara, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kin-ikyo Chuo Hospital, 9-1 Higashi naebo 5-Jo 1-chome, Higashi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 007-8505, Japan
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Key words: Acute aortic dissection, acute myocardial infarction, coronary angiography, percutaneous coronary intervention.
Key Clinical Message: If the electrocardiogram shows ST-segment elevation in lead aVR, the complication of aortic dissection must always be assumed.