In-hospital complications of acute right ventricular myocardial infarction

ABSTRACT

To determine the in-hospital complications of acute right ventricular myocardial infarction[RVMI]. This study was conducted at Cardiology Department, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar from May to October 2009. A total of 100 patients with acute RVMI were evaluated for in-hospital complications. Male patients were 77 [77%] and females 23 [23%]. Patient's mean age was 59.96+12.3 years with age range 28-82 years. Total in-hospital complication events were 174. In-hospital complications were present in 77% patients. Cardiogenic shock was the commonest complication with frequency of 25.8%followed by acute left ventricular failure [LVF] in 17.8% and atrioventricular blocks [AV Blocks] in 14.3% respectively. Re-infarction occurred in 5.7% [10] patients. Thirty eight patients died in our study [21.8%]. Among RVMI patients, 65% stayed in-hospital for more than 4 days. Frequency of complications is higher and cardiogenic shock is the most common complication in acute RVMI patients