Right ventricular myocardial infarction: Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1022, 2010, Pages 719-728

  Kakouros, Nicholaos ^a   Cokkinos, Dennis V ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PERFUSION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE INFARCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SHOCK; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649629486     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2010.103887     Document Type: Review

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