Echocardiographic evaluation of spontaneous recovery of right ventricular systolic and diastolic function in patients with acute right ventricular infarction associated with posterior wall left ventricular infarction.
We evaluated right ventricular (RV) systolic and diastolic function in 30 patients with acute RV myocardial infarction on echocardiography. Systolic and diastolic function were impaired early in the setting of RV myocardial infarction, but improved significantly at 3 months.
Ketikoglou
Dimitrios G
DG
First Cardiology Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Karvounis
Haralampos I
HI
Papadopoulos
Christodoulos E
CE
Zaglavara
Theodora A
TA
Efthimiadis
Georgios K
GK
Parharidis
Georgios E
GE
Louridas
Georgios E
GE
D000328:Adult; D003971:Diastole / Q000502:physiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D020127:Recovery of Function / Q000502:physiology; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013599:Systole / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*