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The Clinical Diagnosis of Right Ventricular Infarction

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The diagnosis of right ventricular infarction is often overlooked for at least three reasons: (a) Infarction of the right ventricle is, with rare exception, associated with left ventricular infarction. Thus, clinical events caused by right ventricular infarction are often erroneously attributed to left ventricular infarction, (b) The routine 12-lead electrocardiogram, heavily relied upon to assist in the diagnosis of left ventricular infarction, is of limited value in the diagnosis of right ventricular infarction, (c) While anatomic evidence of right ventricular infarction has been recognized for many decades, only recently has the clinical presentation of this entity been described.

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    Robert M. Califf M.D.

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    Galen S. Wagner M.D.

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Harrison, D.G., Marcus, M.L. (1985). The Clinical Diagnosis of Right Ventricular Infarction. In: Califf, R.M., Wagner, G.S. (eds) Acute Coronary Care. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3828-4_21

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