Friday, 23 June 2017

Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Myocardial Infarction: A New Risk Factor for Clopidogrel Resistance?

Right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) in acute coronary syndromes occur either primary in infarction of the right ventricle mainly caused by proximal occlusion of the right coronary artery or secondary ininfarction of the left ventricle with consecutive increase of pulmonary pressure. 



The incidence of right myocardial infarction has ranged widely according to the diagnostic technique used and the patients profile. It is recognizable clinically in two thirds of hypotensive inferior infarction and most inferior infarctions with cardiogenic shock. The recommended treatment in acute myocardial infarction is percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stent deployment in order to restore myocardial perfusion. Dual inhibition of platelet aggregation with a thienopyridine like clopidogrel and aspirin showed a dramatic reduction of major adverse cardiac events after PCI. Read More>>>>>>>>>>>

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