The appearance of negative U waves in the precordial leads during balloon occlusion of the long posterior descending artery.
This report presents a patient in which balloon occlusion of the posterior descending artery wrapping the apex produced negative U waves in leads V(4-5). This case report demonstrates, for the first time, that negative U waves in the precordial leads can appear by occlusion of the long posterior descending artery.
Miyamoto
Kumie
K
Cardiovascular Medicine, Oita Nakamura Hospital, Ohte-machi, Oita, Japan.
Tamura
Akira
A
Watanabe
Toru
T
Kadota
Junichi
J
D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D021721:Balloon Occlusion / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male