Coronary artery dissection can occur after post-balloon inflation; however, a very long-segment coronary dissection (>50 mm) is a rare occurrence during routine coronary interventions. Here, we report an extremely rare case of long-segment coronary dissection in the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) induced during antegrade revascularization of chronic total occlusion of osteoproximal LAD with stiffer Gaia II wire. The patient had excruciating angina with hemodynamic collapse and acute pulmonary edema; the patient was rescued with long-segment coronary revascularization.

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