An unusual cause of right ventricular myocardial infarction.
A unique case of right ventricular myocardial infarction complicating an acute inferior-posterior myocardial infarction in a patient with a single left coronary artery is described. The clinical, electrocardiographic, and hemodynamic features of right ventricular myocardial infarction and the angiographic patterns of anomalous single coronary arteries are reviewed.
Commonwealth Medical College, Department of Medicine, Scranton Temple Residency Program, The Community Medical Center, Mercy Hospital, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA. sjvoyce@epix.net
Stephen J
SJ
Voyce
Haitham
H
Abughnia
D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*