Life Inthe Fast Lane Rv Infarction

Prevalence and outcome of st segment elevation in posterior electrocardiographic leads during acute myocardial infarction.

Life inthe fast lane rv infarction.

This podcast is in the life in the fast lane review the very best of global foam in em. Academic life in em life in the fast lane em lyceum r e b e l em emcrit ercast umem educational pearls. Right ventricular infarction complicates up to 40 of inferior stemis. He is a co founder of the australia and new zealand clinician educator network anzcen and is the lead for the anzcen clinician educator incubator programme.

Dr theo sklavos ecg interpretation. A case report in 1974 was the first to mention right ventricle rv infarction as a distinct entity noting that patients with this pathology exhibit a unique clinical and haemodynamic syndrome. They often present in shock and. Clinical significance of rv infarction.

Acc aha guidelines for the management of patients with st elevation myocardial infarction. Frequent flyers crying wolf and time wasters etco2 in narcotic overdose. Life in the fast lane. Myocardial ischaemia and infarction part two of a 5 part lecture series on ecg ekg interpretation of myocardial ischemia and infarction with cardiologist read more.

Life in the fast lane medical. He is also the innovation lead for the australian centre for health innovation at alfred health and clinical adjunct associate professor at monash university. Mesenteric ischemia consists of four entities. Funtabulously frivolous friday five 309.

Click to share on facebook opens in new window click to share on twitter opens in new window related. Posterior myocardial infarction life in the fastlane ecg library litfl. Life in the fast lane medical blog. The more myocardium involved the higher likelihood of ventricular arrhythmias and complications 1.

As the name suggests an rv infarct is exactly that. Often missed early in presentation. These have the most direct anatomical route for the catheter to pass and successfully land in the rv. This is because the resulting weakness of the rv makes the patient s cardiac output extremely preload sensitive.

Hypotension in right ventricular infarction is treated with fluid loading. Life in the fast lane. High mortality 59 93 associated with mesenteric ischemia. Early diagnosis and intervention associated with improved mortality and morbidity.

Patients with rv infarction are very preload sensitive due to poor rv contractility and can develop severe hypotension in response to nitrates or other preload reducing agents. Picture reproduced from life in the fast lane 1 remember posterior stemis can accompany 15 20 of inferior and lateral stemis signifying a larger area of myocardial involvement. Patients with rv infarction are very preload sensitive due to poor rv contractility and can develop severe hypotension in response to nitrates or other preload reducing agents. Chris is an intensivist and ecmo specialist at the alfred icu in melbourne.

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