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Right ventricular infarction complicating right coronary angioplasty
Author(s) -
Mikdadi Ghiath,
Wadgaonkar Sudhanva U.,
Dhurandhar Raja W.,
Quintal Roberto E.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1522-726x(199907)47:3<327::aid-ccd18>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - medicine , angioplasty , cardiology , right coronary artery , myocardial infarction , st segment , primary angioplasty , infarction , coronary angiography , percutaneous coronary intervention
We report a patient who developed anterior ST segment elevation following angioplasty of the right coronary artery in which a right ventricular branch became occluded. Several similar reports were found in the literature as well as a putative mechanism for the electrocardiographic changes. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 47:327–330, 1999. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.