Right ventricular myocardial infarction: when the power fails.
Learn how to recognize this common complication of an acute inferior or posterior wall myocardial infarction and to give patients the correct treatment.
Lanza
Michele
M
Southwest General Health Center, Middleburg Heights, Ohio 44130, USA. mlanza@SWGeneral.com
D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000209:etiology; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000473:pathology; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy