Isolated right ventricular myocardial infarction. A case report.
Isolated right ventricular infarction is uncommon. A 73-year-old man without previous cardial complaints was admitted pulseless to hospital. An infarct of the left ventricle was suspected. Autopsy showed a fresh thrombus located in a small branch artery of the right coronary artery accompanied by a fresh infarction of the anterior free wall of the right ventricle. Only 8 cases of isolated right ventricular infarction located in the anterior free wall were found in a review of the literature of right ventricular infarction. The diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of right ventricular infarction are discussed.
D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000473:pathology*