title: Right ventricular subendocardial infarction in a patient with pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular hypertrophy, and normal coronary arteries.
abstract: Right ventricular infarction is usually associated with coronary artery disease and concomitant left ventricular infarction. Isolated right ventricular subendocardial necrosis was discovered at autopsy in a 52-year-old woman with pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular hypertrophy, and normal coronary arteries, who died with septicemia 41 days after mitral valve replacement. This represents the first well-documented report of isolated right ventricular subendocardial infarction associated with normal coronary arteries.
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Carlson
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Reimer
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Rankin
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Peter
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: McCormack
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Alexander
mesh_terms: D001705:Bioprosthesis; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000473:pathology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D004699:Endocardium / Q000473:pathology; D004754:Enterobacter; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000473:pathology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000473:pathology