Case 2:

63-year old woman presented with central chest pain of two hours duration. On examination her blood pressure was 90/60 mm Hg, she had a weak pulse, distended neck veins with elevated jugular venous pressure, normal first and second heart sounds and lung fields were clear on auscultation.

Ragavendra R. Baliga, M.D
Assistant Professor
Division of Cardiology
University Of Michigan

 

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Atrial fibrillation may occur in up to a third of the patients with right ventricular ischemia.

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Atrial fibrillation may occur in up to one third of the patients with right ventricular ischemia (1) and has profound hemodynamic benefits (1). Atrial fibrillation should be promptly treated with cardioversion at the earliest sign of hemodynamic compromise.

Reference:

1. Suguira T, Iwaska t, Takahashi N et al. Atrial fibrillation in inferior wall Q-wave acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol 1991;67:1135-1136.

 
 
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