Proximal right coronary artery occlusion with ST elevation in all precordial leads

Received 18 September 2008 published online 19 December 2008.

Abstract

We present a case of a 55-year-old-man with acute coronary syndrome due to occlusion of the right coronary artery. Electrocardiogram showed ST-segment elevation in nine leads. We explain the causes of this exceptional electrocardiographic pattern.

Keywords: Electrocardiogram, Acute coronary syndrome, ST-segment elevation

a Servicios Sanitarios del Área de Salud de El Hierro, Valle del Golfo Health Center, Islas Canarias, Spain

b Institut Català Ciències Cardiovasculars, Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona Spain

Corresponding author. C/ Las Lapas 45, 38911 Frontera-El Hierro, Islas Canarias- España. Tel.: +34 922 55 92 63 / 636 872 602.

PII: S0022-0736(08)00448-2

doi:10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2008.11.002

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