Introduction
Iatrogenic acute aortic dissection (IAAD) during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is an extremely rare but potentially life-threatening complication, occurring in less than < 0,02% of the procedures. Patients with a limited aortic wall involvement have been treated successfully by sealing the entry tear with a coronary stent. Dissections extending up the aorta > 40 mm from the coronary ostia require more often an emergent surgical intervention. [1]
We report three different cases of iatrogenic aortic dissection successfully treated with ascending aorta replacement.