title: Status of chest X-ray in diagnosing right ventricular infarction.
abstract: Right ventricular enlargement on left anterior oblique view at 60 degrees had low sensitivity (58.8%) but very high specificity (100 %) for diagnosing right ventricular infarction. Right ventricular and right atrial enlargement on other views had very low sensitivity (16.7-26.7%) but high specificity (80-90%). Thus chest X-ray in left anterior oblique view at 60% is useful in detecting right ventricular infarction when clinical examination and electrocardiogram are inconclusive.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology unit, J.L.N. Medical College, Ajmer (Rajasthan), India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Mittal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017380:Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity