Why the study?
Does two-dimensional echocardiography accurately detect right ventricular infarction compared to hemodynamic monitoring in patients with acute myocardial infarction?
Population
75 consecutive patients with transmural acute myocardial infarction, including 45 with inferoposterior MI…
Comparison
Time-motion and two-dimensional… vs Hemodynamic monitoring as the reference standard
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
7-10 days after admission
Authors
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Echocardiography reliably detects right ventricular infarction noninvasively; confirms hemodynamic correlation and supports broader use in acute MI.
Does two-dimensional echocardiography accurately detect right ventricular infarction compared to hemodynamic monitoring in patients with acute myocardial infarction?
Cecchi et al. (1984) studied this question.
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