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Precordial ST segment elevation suggestive of anterior infarction caused by right coronary artery occlusion
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A 50 year old male patient was admitted to our clinic with a one hour history of typically crushing chest pain. Electrocardiography taken at admission showed ST segment elevations in leads V1–V5 suggestive of anterior acute myocardial infarction, and there was a small ST segment elevation in leads III (panel A).
The patient was immediately transferred to the catheterisation laboratory and a coronary angiogram undertaken …