{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["7"],"submitter":["Sharma H"],"pubmed_abstract":["<b>Background:</b> Right ventricular (RV) infarction is as an extremely rare cause of isolated anterior ST-segment elevation. Occlusion of the RV branch in a recessive right coronary artery (RCA) causing isolated RV infarction and only anterior ST-elevation is extremely rare. To date, the handful of such cases reports do not describe any arrhythmia associated with this presentation. Although ventricular fibrillation (VF) has been well-documented with interruption of flow in the conus branch of the RCA, here we describe VF occurring in a patient with occlusion of the RV branch of a recessive RCA presenting with isolated anterior ST-segment elevation. <b>Case:</b> A 51-year-old man presented with acute chest pain and isolated anterior ST-segment elevation on electrocardiogram (ECG). The patient developed ventricular fibrillation prior to coronary angiography requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Coronary angiography revealed an unobstructed left coronary system and a recessive right coronary artery with ostial occlusion of the RV branch which was treated with a drug eluting balloon, resulting in resolution of the chest pain and ECG changes. <b>Conclusion:</b> Isolated RV infarction due to RV branch occlusion can cause ECG changes mimic anterior left ventricular infarction. This presentation may be complicated by VF, even in the setting of a recessive RCA."],"journal":["Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine"],"pagination":["124"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7399019"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Occlusion of the Right Ventricular Wall Branch of a Recessive Right Coronary Artery Resulting in Ventricular Fibrillation and Anterior ST-Segment Elevation-A Case Report."],"pmcid":["PMC7399019"],"pubmed_authors":["Sharma H","George S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Occlusion of the Right Ventricular Wall Branch of a Recessive Right Coronary Artery Resulting in Ventricular Fibrillation and Anterior ST-Segment Elevation-A Case Report.","description":"<b>Background:</b> Right ventricular (RV) infarction is as an extremely rare cause of isolated anterior ST-segment elevation. Occlusion of the RV branch in a recessive right coronary artery (RCA) causing isolated RV infarction and only anterior ST-elevation is extremely rare. To date, the handful of such cases reports do not describe any arrhythmia associated with this presentation. Although ventricular fibrillation (VF) has been well-documented with interruption of flow in the conus branch of the RCA, here we describe VF occurring in a patient with occlusion of the RV branch of a recessive RCA presenting with isolated anterior ST-segment elevation. <b>Case:</b> A 51-year-old man presented with acute chest pain and isolated anterior ST-segment elevation on electrocardiogram (ECG). The patient developed ventricular fibrillation prior to coronary angiography requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Coronary angiography revealed an unobstructed left coronary system and a recessive right coronary artery with ostial occlusion of the RV branch which was treated with a drug eluting balloon, resulting in resolution of the chest pain and ECG changes. <b>Conclusion:</b> Isolated RV infarction due to RV branch occlusion can cause ECG changes mimic anterior left ventricular infarction. This presentation may be complicated by VF, even in the setting of a recessive RCA.","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020","modification":"2024-11-06T05:56:27.031Z","creation":"2020-08-29T07:20:26Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7399019","cross_references":{"pubmed":["32850984"],"doi":["10.3389/fcvm.2020.00124"]}}