Posterior infarction accompanies 15 20 of stemis usually occurring in the context of an inferior or lateral infarction.
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Inferior st elevation myocardial infarction.
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As the name suggests an rv infarct is exactly that.
An infarction of the right ventricle.
Lmca left main coronary artery occlusion st elevation in avr.
It commonly shows on a 12 lead ecg as st segment elevation in v1 and in leads ii and iii with iii showing greater than ii as lead iii has a better angle on the rv litfl 1.
Inferior mi accounts for 40 50 of all myocardial infarctions.
Isolated posterior mi is less common 3 11 of infarcts.
A case report in 1974 was the first to mention right ventricle rv infarction as a distinct entity noting that patients with this pathology exhibit a unique clinical and haemodynamic syndrome.
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Clinical significance of rv infarction.
Along with posterior mi you may want to look at rv infarction when you see an inferior mi.
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Right ventricular infarction complicates up to 40 of inferior stemis.
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Posterior extension of an inferior or lateral infarct implies a much larger area of myocardial damage with an increased risk of left ventricular dysfunction and death.
Patients with rv infarction are very preload sensitive due to poor rv contractility and can develop severe hypotension in response to nitrates or other preload reducing agents.
Syncope shock and chest pain.
This is because the resulting weakness of the rv makes the patient s cardiac output extremely preload sensitive.
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Patients with rv infarction are very preload sensitive due to poor rv contractility and can develop severe hypotension in response to nitrates or other preload reducing agents.
Hypotension in right ventricular infarction is treated with fluid loading and nitrates are contraindicated.
Isolated rv infarction is extremely uncommon.
They typically do not occur in isolation due to improved collateral blood supply of the right ventricle and overall smaller mass of this chamber.
They often present in shock and.
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