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Generation and Characterization of Right Ventricular Myocardial Infarction Induced by Permanent Ligation of the Right Coronary Artery in Mice
Published on: February 1, 2022
[Right ventricular infarction caused by isolated right ventricular branch occlusion: a case report]
F Leroy1, O Jaboureck, N Grozieux de Laguérenne
1Service de cardiologie, centre hospitalier de Douai, route de Cambrai, BP 10740, 59507 Douai cedex, France. Fabrice.Leroy@ch-douai.fr
Abstract:
It is rare to observe right ventricular infarction caused by isolated right ventricular branch occlusion. Isolated right ventricular infarction accounts for less than three percent of all cases of infarction. Generally, it is associated with occlusion of a non dominant right coronary artery or of a right ventricular branch. ECG can be misleading with ST segment elevation in anterior leads. We describe a patient admitted for chest pain with ST segment elevation in leads V1 to V3 associated with ST segment elevation in leads V3R and V4R. Coronary angiography demonstrated isolated total occlusion of the right ventricular branch. Thus, right precordial leads need to be done in every patient presenting with ST segment elevation in precordial leads V1 to V3 and not only in inferior myocardial infarction.
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