Right Ventricular Infarction as an Independent Predictor of Prognosis after Acute Inferior Myocardial Infarction
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- 8 April 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 328 (14), 981-988
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199304083281401
Abstract
Acute inferior myocardial infarction frequently involves the right ventricle. We hypothesized that right ventricular involvement, as diagnosed by ST-segment elevation in the right precordial lead V4R, may affect the prognosis of patients with inferior myocardial infarctions.Keywords
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