Spontaneous coronary artery dissection with pseudoaneurysm formation diagnosed by intravascular ultrasound: a case report

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare cause of myocardial ischemia. Coronary artery pseudoaneurysm may occur after percutaneous coronary interventions and rarely spontaneously. We present a patient who had spontaneous coronary artery dissection with formation of a pseudoaneurysm diagnosed by intravascular ultrasound.     

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection, aneurysms, and pseudoaneurysms: a review

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare cause of myocardial ischemia and sudden death. Coronary aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms, which may occur after percutaneous coronary interventions, rarely occur spontaneously. We review the pertinent medical literature and describe the intravascular findings of spontaneous coronary artery dissection, aneurysms, and pseudoaneurysms.     

Systematic review of the evaluation and management of coronary pseudoaneurysm after stent implantation

Pseudoaneurysm (PSA) formation is a rare but well-known complication of coronary stenting. It develops after a procedural perforation disrupts the integrity of the vessel wall but is contained by a single wall layer, usually pericardium, extravascular thrombosis and later fibrosis. Medical literature of PSA consists primarily of case reports. A systematic review of pseudoaneurysm after coronary stenting was performed to summarize its presentation, diagnostic imaging modalities, natural history, and management approaches. Clinical presentations range from asymptomatic to hemodynamic collapse, size from small to “giant,” and treatment approaches from surgical or percutaneous exclusion to “watchful waiting” and imaging surveillance. Based on current information, a management algorithm is provided recommending urgent to emergent exclusion for symptomatic PSA, elective exclusion for large and giant PSA, and “watchful waiting” and periodic imaging surveillance for small to moderate sized PSA.     

Ultrasound guided ablation of pseudoaneurysm following coronary artery stent placement: A preliminary report

A femoral artery pseudoaneurysm in a 47 year old woman following coronary artery stent placement was treated with color-flow duplex ultrasound guided compression. This technique may be useful following stent placement because of the requirement for continued anticoagulation post-procedure. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

Value of intravascular ultrasound in guiding coronary interventions

There has been great effort to improve clinical outcome in percutaneous treatment for coronary artery disease. Complementary to coronary angiography, intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) provides in vivo tomographic anatomic information, enabling to evaluate from the lumen to the vessel wall. As a result, IVUS has had a pivotal role to understand pathophysiology of coronary artery disease and improve clinical outcome. It provides preprocedural information to evaluate stenosis severity and plaque characteristics and helps with optimal stent deployment, minimizing underexpansion and geographic miss that are the major mechanisms of stent failure. Recently, many large‐scale clinical trials and meta‐analyses with drug‐eluting stents have shown the clinical benefits of IVUS‐guided percutaneous coronary intervention. Some recent studies have also supported the cost‐effectiveness of IVUS‐guided PCI especially in high‐risk patients. This article will discuss the clinical value of IVUS in contemporary practice.     

Mycotic pseudoaneurysm of the left circumflex coronary artery: a fatal complication following drug-eluting stent implantation.

Coronary artery stent infection is a rare complication of percutaneous intervention. We report a case of fulminant coronary stent infection with Staphylococcus aureus presenting as a pseudoaneurysm of the left circumflex artery following repeated implantation of drug-eluting stents in the setting of multiple episodes of recurrent in-stent restenosis. We speculate that sirolimus- and paclitaxel-eluting stents may be more likely to predispose to infection than bare metal stents because of their immunomodulating and antiproliferative effects.     

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection after intense weightlifting UCSF fresno department of cardiology

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare cause of chest pain and cardiomyopathy. This phenomenon usually occurs during the peripartum period. SCAD associated with exercise and heavy weight lifting is even rarer and has been reported in less than 10 cases in the literature. We describe a case of SCAD associated with heavy weight lifting and exercise in a 29‐year‐old male who presented with exertional chest pain. The patient subsequently underwent a cardiac catheterization that showed a left ventricular ejection fraction of 40% and a dissection in the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery after the first diagonal/septal branch with extension to the distal LAD that wrapped around the apex. He was effectively managed with the combination of medical therapy followed by a few days later with stenting. In summary, diagnosis and treatment of this rare phenomenon is a challenge, but early diagnosis and appropriate management can lead to a successful outcome. © 2011 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.     

New technique for treatment of postcatheterization radial artery pseudoaneurysm

We report a new technique for treatment of radial artery pseudoaneurysm (RAP) caused by transradial access (TRA) for coronary angiography. Traditional extrinsic compression with radial flow cessation leads to a local milieu likely associated with an increase in probability of radial artery occlusion (RAO). Our technique involves obtaining ipsilateral radial artery access distal to the neck of the RAP followed by a prolonged sheath dwell time covering the neck of the RAP which allows the RAP sac to thrombose and maintains radial artery lumen patency. © 2016 The Authors. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

血管内超声指导冠状动脉中重度钙化病变介入治疗的效果

目的:评价血管内超声(IVUS)对冠状动脉中-重度钙化病变介入治疗的指导作用及对预后的影响。方法:2009年1月~2013年1月冠状动脉中-重度钙化病变患者219例接受冠状动脉介入治疗,其中95例患者术中应用血管内超声指导,124例患者在单纯冠状动脉造影(CAG)指导下完成介入治疗。结果:两组患者的临床基线特征、靶血管部位、病变类型、置入支架数目、长度、直径;冠状动脉旋磨和切割球囊应用等方面,差异均无统计学意义。两组患者住院期间及术后30 d临床终点事件,包括主要不良心血管事件(MACE)事件、支架内血栓发生率的差异均无统计学意义。随访12个月时,IVUS组MACE事件发生率显著低于CAG组(8.4%vs.17.7%,P0.05),IVUS组靶血管重建发生率显著低于CAG组(3.2%vs.10.5%,P0.05)。IVUS组与CAG组在支架内血栓发生率方面差异无统计学意义(3.2%vs.3.2%)。结论:IVUS指导中-重度冠状动脉钙化病变术后即刻和短期临床效果并不优于CAG,但应用IVUS指导能够显著降低术后1年靶血管重建发生率。     

Intravascular ultrasound catheter entrapment after coronary artery stenting.

Intracoronary ultrasound (IVUS) facilitates optimal stent deployment in the treatment of coronary artery disease, which may favorably improve long-term outcome after stenting. Complications associated with IVUS include coronary vasospasm and rarely more serious adverse events such as vessel perforation or stent deformation. We report an IVUS catheter tip entrapment within a self-deploying nitinol stent.     

Is adjunctive balloon postdilatation necessary after coronary stent deployment? Final results from the POSTIT trial

Early-generation balloon-expandable stents required postdilatation with noncompliant balloons at high pressure to optimize stent deployment. The need for adjunctive balloon postdilatation with modern stent delivery systems is unknown. Patients undergoing elective stenting were randomized to Boston Scientific NIR, Guidant Tri-Star/Tetra, and Medtronic AVE S670 stents. The primary endpoint was optimum stent deployment defined as a minimal stent diameter (MSD) >/= 90% of the average reference lumen diameter assessed by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) performed immediately following stent deployment. If, by operator assessment, the primary endpoint was not achieved with the stent delivery system, adjunctive postdilatation with noncompliant balloons was performed. Of 256 patients with IVUS studies adequate for core laboratory analysis, only 29% achieved optimum stent deployment with the stent delivery system. None of the baseline clinical or angiographic variables predicted optimum stent deployment. Of the procedural variables, the type of stent and nominal stent size were not predictors, but higher deployment pressures were associated with a higher frequency of optimum stent deployment (< 12 atm 14% vs. >/= 12 atm 36%; P = 0.007). The inability to achieve optimum stent deployment was not due to undersizing the stent delivery balloon, but rather to an inability of the stent delivery balloon to expand fully the stent to nominal size. In patients who underwent postdilatation, the frequency of achieving optimum stent deployment increased from 21% to 42%, minimal stent area increased from 6.6 +/- 2.2 to 7.8 +/- 2.3 mm(2), and MSD increased from 2.6 +/- 0.5 to 2.8 +/- 0.4 mm. These data stress the continued need for adjunctive balloon postdilatation with modern stent delivery systems. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2003;59:184-192.     

Transcatheter polytetrafluoroethylene-covered stent implantation in a giant coronary artery aneurysm of a child with Kawasaki disease--a potential novel treatment.

We report a case of an eight-year-old boy with Kawasaki disease (KD) who had a giant aneurysm with stenotic lesions located in the right coronary artery, and was treated by transcatheter implantation of a polytetrafluoroethylene(PTFE)-covered stent. Follow-up coronary angiography showed good coronary blood flow. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first child with KD who underwent covered-stent implantation in a coronary aneurysm. Although close follow-up is mandatory, because the long-term outcome is unclear, implantation of a covered stent in a giant aneurysm appears to be a promising treatment option.