[Anterior infarction of the left ventricle and infarct of the posterior wall of the right ventricle caused by thrombosis of the anterior interventricular artery].
The association: anterior infarction of the left ventricle-posterior infarction of the right ventricle, is a rare entity. The authors report the case of a 64 year-old woman, who died on the fifth day of an extended anterior myocardial infarction, present on electrocardiograms; there were however immediate signs of right heart failure unexplained by a pericardial effusion. At the autopsy, the unusual length and distribution of the anterior interventricular artery which was completely obstructed near its origin by a thrombosis occurring on a severe atheromatous and calcified stenosis, explain this association.
Penther
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Service de Cardiologie, CHRU Morvan, Brest.
Boschat
J
J
Etienne
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Y
Le Potier
J
J
D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications*; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000150:complications*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
Infarctus antérieur du ventricule gauche et infarctus de la paroi postérieure du ventricule droit par thrombose de l'artère interventriculaire antérieure.