Right ventricular involvement in acute myocardial infarction.
The presence of right ventricular dysfunction in patients with acute myocardial infarction has important implications. It is a marker for in-hospital mortality and failure to recognize it may lead to inappropriate treatment with serious consequences for the patient. Patients surviving the acute event do, however, have a relatively good long-term prognosis.
Burgess
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Department of Cardiology, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester.
Ray
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D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000628:therapy; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*