title: Combined anterior and inferior ST-segment elevation Electrocardiographic differentiation between right coronary artery occlusion with predominant right ventricular infarction and distal left anterior descending branch occlusion.
abstract: Seven cases are reported of acute right coronary artery occlusion and predominantly right ventricular myocardial infarction with typical ST-segment elevation in the precordial leads resembling acute anterior wall myocardial infarction. These electrocardiograms were compared with those of 5 unselected patients who had combined inferior and anterior ST-segment elevation due to a distal occlusion of the left anterior descending artery. In this manuscript, the electrocardiographic features of both conditions are briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands. alzand@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Becker S N
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Alzand
authors.forename: Anton P M
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Gorgels
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000503:physiopathology; D054059:Coronary Occlusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*