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It was reported that a dissection occurred.The patient presented for a high risk, chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention in a saphenous vein graft to circumflex and a chronic total occlusion in the obtuse marginal branch.Post stenting, the opticross 6 imaging catheter was advanced for intravascular ultrasound (ivus) examination.The physician thinks the tip of the catheter caught a piece of plaque and when the device was removed with difficulty, by pulling, the catheter dissected the left main.The dissection was stented over.The patient was fine and fully recovered.
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