Biomaterial Database

Right ventricular myocardial infarction. 2009

Rodolfo Pike

Inpatient Cardiology/Cardiac Surgery and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Health Science Centre, St. John's, NL.

Right ventricular myocardial infarction (RVMI) rarely occurs in isolation. Guidelines recommend that practitioners should evaluate for the presence of an RVMI in a patient with an inferior infarction who is hemodynamically compromised. Diagnostic and treatment modalities for an RVMI can vary from treatments used to treat patients presenting with a left ventricular infarction. This column includes information about the diagnosis management of a patient presenting with an RVMI.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009203	Myocardial Infarction	NECROSIS of the MYOCARDIUM caused by an obstruction of the blood supply to the heart (CORONARY CIRCULATION).	Cardiovascular Stroke,Heart Attack,Myocardial Infarct,Cardiovascular Strokes,Heart Attacks,Infarct, Myocardial,Infarction, Myocardial,Infarctions, Myocardial,Infarcts, Myocardial,Myocardial Infarctions,Myocardial Infarcts,Stroke, Cardiovascular,Strokes, Cardiovascular
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D018497	Ventricular Dysfunction, Right	A condition in which the RIGHT VENTRICLE of the heart was functionally impaired. This condition usually leads to HEART FAILURE or MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, and other cardiovascular complications. Diagnosis is made by measuring the diminished ejection fraction and a depressed level of motility of the right ventricular wall.	Right Ventricular Dysfunction,Dysfunction, Right Ventricular,Dysfunctions, Right Ventricular,Right Ventricular Dysfunctions,Ventricular Dysfunctions, Right