Muhammad Asif Iqbal, Nauman Khan, Mohammad Faheem, Muhammad Abdur Rauf, Sher Bahadar Khan, Ibrahim Shah, Zeeshan Kibria, Mohammad Hafizullah.
In-hospital complications of acute right ventricular myocardial infarction.
J Postgrad Med Inst Jan ;27(3):262-6.

Objective: To determine the in-hospital complications of acute right ventricular myocardial infarction (RVMI). Methodology: This study was conducted at Cardiology Department, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar from May to October 2009. A total of 100 patients with acute RVMI were evaluated for in-hospital complications. Results: Male patients were 77 (77%) and females 23 (23%). Patient’s mean age was 59.96+12.3 years with age range 28-82 years. Total in-hospital complication events were 174. In-hospital complications were present in 77% patients. Cardiogenic shock was the commonest complication with frequency of 25.8% followed by acute left ventricular failure (LVF) in 17.8% and atrioventricular blocks (AV Blocks) in 14.3% respectively. Re-infarction occurred in 5.7% (10) patients. Thirty eight patients died in our study (21.8%). Among RVMI patients, 65% stayed in-hospital for more than 4 days. Conclusion: Frequency of complications is higher and cardiogenic shock is the most common complication in acute RVMI patients.

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