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Am J Cardiol
; 37(3): 445-8, 1976 Mar 04.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1258777
ABSTRACT
A patient with chronic right heart failure and probable tricuspid insufficiency associated with an inferior myocardial infartion is described. Angiograms demonstrated total occlusion of the right coronary artery at its origin, a patent venous bypass graft to the mid-right coronary artery and hypokinesia of the inferior wall of both the right and left vebtricles. Clinical data indicated a greater impairment of right than of left ventricular function. It is proposed that infarction of the right ventricle resulted in chronic right heart failure and tricuspid insufficiency.