title: Right ventricular myocardial infarction.
abstract: Right ventricular myocardial infarction (RVMI) rarely occurs in isolation. Guidelines recommend that practitioners should evaluate for the presence of an RVMI in a patient with an inferior infarction who is hemodynamically compromised. Diagnostic and treatment modalities for an RVMI can vary from treatments used to treat patients presenting with a left ventricular infarction. This column includes information about the diagnosis management of a patient presenting with an RVMI.
authors.affiliation: Inpatient Cardiology/Cardiac Surgery and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Health Science Centre, St. John's, NL.
authors.forename: Rodolfo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pike
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy