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Chronic spontaneous right coronary artery dissection

Chronische spontane Dissektion der rechten Koronararterie

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Conflict of interest. T. Bezgin, A. Elveran, C. Doğan, A. Karagöz, S. Külahcioglu, Y. Çanga, and A.M Esen state that there are no conflicts of interest.

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  1. Cardiology Clinic, Kartal Koşuyolu Heart Research Hospital, Denizer Cad., 34846, Kartal-İstanbul, Turkey

    T. Bezgin MD, A. Elveran, C. Doğan, A. Karagöz, S. Külahcioglu & A.M. Esen

  2. Cardiology Department, Kartal Yavuz Selim State Hospital, Kartal-İstanbul, Turkey

    Y. Çanga

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Additional material onlineThis article includes three additional Videos. You will find this supplemental at dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00059-013-3830-2.

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Video 1. Current right coronary angiogram reveals extensive spiral spontaneous dissection of the right coronary artery similar to findings of six years ago (AVI 15MB)

Video 2. Stenting was performed starting from distal part of the RCA (AVI 2,8MB)

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Video 3. Following percutaneous coronary intervention of the right coronary artery with five bare metal stents, there is an excellent appearance without residual dissection. Thrombolysis in myocardial infarction 3 flow was demonstrated distally (AVI 14MB)

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Bezgin, T., Elveran, A., Doğan, C. et al. Chronic spontaneous right coronary artery dissection. Herz 39, 397–399 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00059-013-3830-2

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