Why the study?
Does the presence of right ventricular infarction in patients with inferior AMI increase the risk of atrioventricular block and mortality?
Population
107 patients with inferior acute myocardial infarction (AMI)
Comparison
Presence of right ventricular infarction… vs Isolated inferior AMI without right ventricular…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
first week of admission (for ECG monitoring)
Authors
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May warrant closer monitoring for atrioventricular block in inferior AMI; leaves open causal mechanisms and targeted interventions.
Does the presence of right ventricular infarction in patients with inferior AMI increase the risk of atrioventricular block and mortality?
In patients with inferior AMI, concomitant right ventricular infarction is associated with a higher risk of atrioventricular block and cardiogenic shock but does not significantly increase mortality.
Ramires et al. (1993) studied this question.
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