Right ventricular myocardial infarction diagnostic criteria
Laboratory Studies
- The diagnosis of right ventricular infarction is suspected in the appropriate clinical setting when the right atrial pressure exceeds 10 mmHg and the ratio of right atrial pressure to pulmonary capillary wedge pressure exceeds 0.8 (normal mean value less than 0.6)[1] [2] [3] [4] [5].
However, these findings may not be present in patients with only minimal right ventricular dysfunction or in those with intravascular volume depletion. In the latter setting, a volume challenge may unmask the signs of right ventricular infarction [6]
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- ↑ Williams, JF. Right ventricular infarction. Clin Cardiol 1990; 13:309. PMID 2189611
- ↑ Kinch, JW, Ryan, TJ. Right ventricular infarction. N Engl J Med 1994; 330:1211. PMID 8139631
- ↑ Cohn, JN. Right ventricular infarction revisited. Am J Cardiol 1979; 43:666. PMID 420117
- ↑ Dell'Italia, LJ, Starling, MR, Crawford, MH, et al. Right ventricular infarction: Identification by hemodynamic measurements before and after volume loading and correlation with noninvasive techniques. J Am Coll Cardiol 1984; 4:931. PMID 6092446
- ↑ Dell'Italia, LJ, Starling, MR, Crawford, MH, et al. Right ventricular infarction: Identification by hemodynamic measurements before and after volume loading and correlation with noninvasive techniques. J Am Coll Cardiol 1984; 4:931. PMID 6092446