Precordial ST-segment elevation in acute occlusion of the proximal right coronary artery.
Isolated right ventricular myocardial infarction (RVMI) rarely occurs and accounts for only 3% of all myocardial infarction cases. In the literature, there are several reported isolated RVMI cases with precordial ST-segment elevation. We describe a 45-year-old man with marked ST-segment elevations in leads V1 through V4 accompanied by slight ST-segment elevations in the inferior leads (III, aVF) caused by acute occlusion of a nondominant small right coronary artery proximal to the conus branch causing isolated RVMI.
Celik
Turgay
T
Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Etlik-Ankara, Turkey. benturgay@yahoo.com
Yuksel
U Cagdas
UC
Kursaklioglu
Hurkan
H
Iyisoy
Atila
A
Kose
Sedat
S
Isik
Ersoy
E
D000208:Acute Disease; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*