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Case Reports
. 2008 Oct;24(10):793-4.
doi: 10.1016/s0828-282x(08)70687-1.

Isolated right ventricular infarction due to occlusion of the right ventricular branch in the absence of percutaneous coronary intervention

Sedat Turkoglu  1 , Murat Erden, Murat Ozdemir
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Case Reports

Isolated right ventricular infarction due to occlusion of the right ventricular branch in the absence of percutaneous coronary intervention

Sedat Turkoglu et al. Can J Cardiol. 2008 Oct.

Abstract
in English, French

Isolated right ventricular myocardial infarction accounts for only 3% of all infarctions. It has previously been reported as a complication of percutaneous coronary intervention involving the right coronary artery secondary to occlusion of the right ventricular branch. In the present report, a patient is described in whom isolated right ventricular myocardial infarction developed due to occlusion of the right ventricular branch of the right coronary artery in the absence of percutaneous intervention.

L’infarctus du myocarde ventriculaire droit isolé ne représente que 3 % de tous les infarctus. On a déjà déclaré qu’il s’agissait d’une complication d’une intervention coronaire percutanée de l’artère coronaire droite imputable à l’occlusion de la branche ventriculaire droite. Dans le présent rapport, on décrit le cas d’un patient dont l’infarctus du myocarde ventriculaire droit isolé s’est développé en raison de l’occlusion de la branche ventriculaire droite de l’artère coronaire droite, en l’absence d’intervention percutanée.

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Figure 1)
Initial electrocardiogram showing ST segment elevation in the anterior and right precordial leads
Figure 2)
Figure 2)
Left coronary angiogram. Right anterior oblique view with caudal angulation
Figure 3)
Figure 3)
Right coronary angiogram demonstrating total occlusion of the right ventricular branch (arrows). A Left anterior oblique view with cranial angulation. B Right anterior oblique view
Figure 4)
Figure 4)
Electrocardiogram one month later
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