Abstract
For clinical purposes we shall adopt a functional approach to the definition of the haemodynamic problem which has come to be known as Right Ventricular Infarction (RVI). That is disturbance of the function of the right ventricle (RV) as a result of recent coronary artery occlusion with relative preservation of the function of the left ventricle (LV). This is usually, but not always, caused by disease of the right coronary artery in a patient with electrocardiographic evidence of acute transmural inferior infarction. If the disturbance in function of the RV is severe enough there will be depression of cardiac output (CO) secondary to inadequate filling of the LV and ultimately all of the features of cardiogenic shock except, by definition, cardiogenic pulmonary oedema.
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Edwards, J.D. (1985). Right Ventricular Infarction. In: Vincent, J.L. (eds) Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Anaesthesiologie und Intensivmedizin / Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, vol 178. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70309-6_49
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