1Division of Interventional Cardiology, Mount Sinai Heart, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Morningside/Beth Israel Hospitals, New York City, NY-10025, U.S.A.
2Department of Internal Medicine, State University of New York, Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY 11203, U.S.A.
3Department of Internal Medicine, Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11212, U.S.A.
4Trinity School of Medicine, 925 Woodstock Road, Roswell, GA 30075, U.S.A.
5Department of Internal Medicine, Albert Einstein College of medicine/ Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, N.Y., U.S.A.
American Journal of Medical Case Reports.
2021,
Vol. 9 No. 3, 201-205
DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-9-3-17
Copyright © 2021 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Pramod Theetha Kariyanna, Harshith Priyan Chandrakumar, Ruchi Yadav, Amog Jayarangaiah, Apoorva Jayaranagaiah, Rafsan Ahmed, Debora Ponce, Samy I. McFarlane. Ventricular Tachycardia with ST Elevation in Lead aVR Associated with Normal Coronary Arteries: A Case Report and Review of Literature.
American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2021; 9(3):201-205. doi: 10.12691/ajmcr-9-3-17.
Correspondence to: Samy I. McFarlane, Department of Internal Medicine, State University of New York, Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY 11203, U.S.A.. Email:
Smcfarlane@downstte.eduAbstract
As per the 2013 guidelines of ACCF/AHA (American College of Cardiology Foundation/ American Heart Association), ST Elevation (STE) in lead augmented vector right (aVR), along with ST depression in multiple leads, is associated with critical stenosis of left main coronary artery (LMCA), left anterior descending artery (LAD) or a triple vessel disease (TVD). Early identification of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) is important as timely reperfusion with intervention can save myocardium and improve survival. We present a case of a 70 years old female, with cardiovascular risk factors, who presented to the emergency department with chest pain decompensating with ventricular tachycardia. On cardioversion, she was found to have ST elevation in aVR with ST depression in V4-V6, I, II, and aVL. However subsequent echocardiogram and coronary angiogram showed normal coronary arteries and left ventricular function.
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