Tehran University of Medical Sciences The Research in Heart Yield and Translational Medicine (RHYTHM) 3115-7270 11 1 2016 07 04 30 33 EN Panagiotis Artemiou University of P. J. Safarik, Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kosice, Slovakia. Stefan Lukacin University of P. J. Safarik, Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kosice, Slovakia. Peter Kirsch University of P. J. Safarik, Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Kosice, Slovakia. Jan Ignac University of P. J. Safarik, Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Kosice, Slovakia. Boris Bily University of P. J. Safarik, Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kosice, Slovakia. Alzbeta Tohatyova University of P. J. Safarik, Medical Faculty, Children’s Hospital, Kosice, Slovakia. Miroslava Bilecova-Rabajdova University of P. J. Safarik, Medical Faculty, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Kosice, Slovakia. Frantisek Sabol University of P. J. Safarik, Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kosice, Slovakia. 2016 03 15 2016 03 15 Iatrogenic dissections of the ascending aorta are an uncommon and severe complication during cardiac catheterization. A 68-year-old female patient underwent diagnostic cardiac catheterization due to non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction. During the procedure, a catheter-induced 360• Class I dissection of the right coronary artery occurred. The patient developed severe bradycardia, which was treated with a temporary pacemaker. She underwent an emergency operation with ligation and a saphenous vein graft in the right coronary artery. The postoperative course was uneventful; and on postoperative day 6, she was discharged home. https://jthc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jthc/article/view/513 https://jthc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jthc/article/download/513/411