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

Dimitrios G Ketikoglou; Haralampos I Karvounis; Christodoulos E Papadopoulos; Theodora A Zaglavara; Georgios K Efthimiadis; Georgios E Parharidis; Georgios E Louridas

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.12.034

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

Am J Cardiol. 2004 Apr 1;93(7):911-3. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.12.034.

Authors

Dimitrios G Ketikoglou¹, Haralampos I Karvounis, Christodoulos E Papadopoulos, Theodora A Zaglavara, Georgios K Efthimiadis, Georgios E Parharidis, Georgios E Louridas

Affiliation

¹ First Cardiology Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

PMID: 15050496
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.12.034

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

Adult
Diastole / physiology*
Echocardiography
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / complications*
Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging*
Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology
Recovery of Function / physiology
Remission, Spontaneous
Systole / physiology*
Time Factors
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / diagnostic imaging*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / etiology
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / physiopathology*