Isolated right ventricular infarction: a rare complication of coronary artery dissection.
Infarction of the right ventricle generally occurs in association with posterior left ventricular infarction, and isolated right ventricular infarction is unusual. We have reported a case of acute infarction of the right ventricle unassociated with infarction of the left ventricle in a patient with type I aortic dissection that extended into the right coronary artery, resulting in near-complete occlusion of its lumen. We believe that poor collateral circulation of the myocardium played a major role in the pathogenesis of isolated right ventricular infarction after sudden occlusion of the right coronary artery.
Atkinson
J B
JB
Barnhill
J
J
Virmani
R
R
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*