Technique for Salvage Reconstruction of Shredded Left Main Coronary Artery After Rotablator Injury.

Abstract

We report the technique needed to effectively repair a left main coronary artery shredding after rotational atherectomy and destruction of the left main coronary artery. The patient had been deemed inoperable at another center because of diffuse distal coronary disease. The complication led to cardiac tamponade and hemodynamic collapse, necessitating cardiopulmonary resuscitation and salvage surgery. This is perhaps the first case in the literature to show a successful repair of such a complex and significant left main, left anterior descending, and left circumflex coronary artery rupture in a patient in extremis.