Effect of Reperfusion on Biventricular Function and Survival after Right Ventricular Infarction

2 April 1998

journal article
clinical trial
Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine

Vol. 338 (14) , 933-940
https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199804023381401

Abstract

Although the salutary effects of reperfusion in patients with left ventricular infarction are well documented, the benefits in patients with acute right ventricular infarction are less clear.

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