Correlates of Impaired Global Right Ventricular Function in Patients with a Reperfused Acute Myocardial Infarction and without Right Ventricular Infarction

Abstract

In patients with a first acute STEMI without an associated RV infarction, depressed global LV function reflected by increased TDI-derived LV MPI, a lower mitral E/A ratio, and a higher glucose level on admission are independent correlates of early global RV dysfunction. Routine assessment of global RV function should be implemented in patients with STEMI with these characteristics.