Open AccessRight ventricular subendocardial infarction in a patient with pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular hypertrophy, and normal coronary arteries
Author(s) -
Carlson E. B.,
Reimer K. A.,
Rankin J. S.,
Peter R. H.,
Mccormack K. M.,
Alexander L. G.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960080909
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , coronary arteries , right ventricular hypertrophy , autopsy , right coronary artery , myocardial infarction , infarction , pulmonary hypertension , left ventricular hypertrophy , muscle hypertrophy , coronary artery disease , artery , coronary angiography , blood pressure
Right ventricular infarction is usually associated with coronary artery disease and concomitant left ventricular infarction. Isolated right ventricular subendocardial necrosis was discovered at autopsy in a 52‐year‐old woman with pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular hypertrophy, and normal coronary arteries, who died with septicemia 41 days after mitral valve replacement. This represents the first well‐documented report of isolated right ventricular subendocardial infarction associated with normal coronary arteries.