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Case Reports
. 2020 Jan;35(1):204-206.
doi: 10.1111/jocs.14272. Epub 2019 Oct 1.

Rare case of iatrogenic aortic valve leaflet tear following a diagnostic coronary angiogram

Mariah Madigan  1 , Sarah McIsaac  1   2 , Avinash Garg  3 , Abdul Alqahtani  4 , Andreas Kumar  1   4 , Rony Atoui  1   3
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Rare case of iatrogenic aortic valve leaflet tear following a diagnostic coronary angiogram

Mariah Madigan et al. J Card Surg. 2020 Jan.

Abstract

We report a rare case of a 44-year-old male who underwent a diagnostic coronary angiogram following a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction complicated by an aortic valve leaflet tear requiring surgical intervention. Routine transthoracic echocardiogram demonstrated a mobile echogenic structure prolapsing into the left ventricular outflow tract. An intraoperative transesophageal echocardiogram confirmed that the structure originated from the ventricular side of left coronary cusp, causing malcoaptation between left and right coronary cusps, and subsequent moderate to severe aortic regurgitation.

Keywords: valve repair/replacement.

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