Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 175-179 , May 2000

Right Ventricular Infarction Associated with Anteroseptal Myocardial Infarction: A Clinicopathologic Study of Nine Cases

  • Naeem K Tahirkheli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN, USA
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  • William D Edwards, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Anatomic Pathology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: William D. Edwards, MD, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905
    • ,
  • Rick A Nishimura, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN, USA
    • ,
  • David R Holmes Jr., MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN, USA

Received 8 March 2000 ,Accepted 31 March 2000.

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☆ Present address for Dr. Tahirkheli: Southwest Cardiology Associates, 1111 44th Street SW, Oklahoma City, OK 73109, USA.

☆☆ Presented in abstract form at American Heart Association Annual Scientific Sessions, 1996; and abstract subsequently published as follows: Tahirkheli NK, Edwards WD, Nishimura RA. Right ventricular infarction associated with anterior myocardial infarction without inferior myocardial infarction (abstract). Circulation 1996;96(Suppl 8):I73.

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Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 175-179 , May 2000

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