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Symptomatic right ventricular ischemia secondary to a critical stenosis in a nondominant right coronary artery
Author(s) -
Flynn Shawn E.,
Sachdeva Rajesh,
Uretsky Barry F.
Publication year - 2012
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/ccd.23482
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , fractional flow reserve , right coronary artery , ischemia , stenosis , angina , percutaneous coronary intervention , coronary angiography , myocardial infarction
Stable angina pectoris owing to isolated right ventricular ischemia from a critical stenosis in a nondominant right coronary artery is a rare entity and documentation of isolated right ventricular ischemia even rarer. We present a case of isolated right ventricular ischemia documented by fractional flow reserve (FFR) and resolution of symptoms after percutaneous coronary intervention. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.