Impact on hospital mortality and morbidity of right ventricular involvement among patients with acute left ventricular infarction

Impact on hospital mortality and morbidity of right ventricular involvement among patients with acute left ventricular infarction

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: There is uncertainty regarding the risk of major complications in patients with left ventricular (LV) infarction complicated by right ventricular (RV) involvement. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact on hospital mortality and morbidity of right ventricular involve...

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Main Authors: Afonso Celso Pereira, Roberto Alexandre Franken, Sandra Regina Schwarzwälder Sprovieri, Valdir Golin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
Subjects:
Myocardial infarction
Heart ventricles
Right ventricular dysfunction
Hospital mortality
Morbidity
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802006000400003&lng=en&tlng=en

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