The revascularization of the atrio-ventricular node artery in a case of right coronary artery occlusion promptly discontinue the atrio-ventricular block | Zendy

Michele M. Ciulla | Zendy; Matteo Astuti | Zendy; Patrizia Vivona | Zendy; Enrico Gallazzi | Zendy; R. Meazza | Zendy; Federico Lombardi | Zendy

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The revascularization of the atrio-ventricular node artery in a case of right coronary artery occlusion promptly discontinue the atrio-ventricular block

Author(s) -

Michele M. Ciulla,

Matteo Astuti,

Patrizia Vivona,

Enrico Gallazzi,

R. Meazza,

Federico Lombardi

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

hellenic journal of cardiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.513

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 2241-5955

pISSN - 1109-9666

DOI - 10.1016/j.hjc.2017.01.021

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , right coronary artery , revascularization , artery , occlusion , block (permutation group theory) , coronary artery occlusion , myocardial infarction , coronary angiography , geometry , mathematics

As it is known, ischemia of the specialized myocardial excito-conducting tissue is one of the hypothesized mechanisms in atrio-ventricular (A-V) arrhythmias; unfortunately, in the current context of interventional cardiology, which is mainly focused on ablation and/or pacing, the ischemic hypothesis is scarcely taken into consideration. To discuss this hypothesis, which has a solid pathophysiological basis, we report here a case of ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) with A-V block at onset, in which the revascularization of the A-V artery originating from an occluded right coronary artery (RCA) promptly restores a physiological A-V conduction.

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