IN-HOSPITAL COMPLICATIONS OF ACUTE RIGHT VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

Objective: to determine the in-hospital complications of acute right ventricular myocardial infarction (rvmi). methodology: 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. results: 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- spital for more than 4 days. conclusion: frequency of complications is higher and cardiogenic shock is the most common complication in acute rvmi patients.