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[Precordial ST-segment elevation caused by right coronary artery occlusion].
Journal of Cardiology 1987 September
Among 57 consecutive patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) of the right coronary artery, eight patients showed precordial ST-segment elevation in leads V1-3 during the procedure. The mechanism of this ST elevation was investigated reviewing the coronary angiographic findings. All patients had angina pectoris, but none had evidence of myocardial infarction. The balloon inflation time was limited to 60 sec, and 12 lead electrocardiograms were recorded every 15 sec. In the eight patients who had precordial ST-segment elevation, six had the anatomically dominant right coronary artery, and two had proportioned (balanced) left and right coronary arteries. Six patients, however, had functionally dominant left coronary arteries because of good collaterals supplying the right coronary artery from the left coronary artery. Thus, functionally, six had the dominant left coronary artery, one had proportioned coronary supply, and only one had the dominant right coronary artery. In all eight patients, the most proximal portion of the right coronary artery was occluded during PTCA, obstructing both the conus branches and the right ventricular branches. This often induced precordial ST-segment elevation in cases with the functionally dominant left or proportioned coronary artery. This ST-segment elevation seemed to represent right ventricular ischemia, as the inferior wall was protected from ischemia by good collaterals. However, precordial ST-segment elevation was rare in the functionally dominant right coronary artery even when the most proximal portion of the right coronary artery was occluded. This fact seemed due to masking of electrocardiographic manifestations of right ventricular ischemia by the dominant electrical forces of inferior wall ischemia.
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