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.
Southwest General Health Center, Middleburg Heights, Ohio 44130, USA. mlanza@SWGeneral.com
Michele
M
Lanza
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