Right ventricular myocardial infarction differential diagnosis

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Differentiating Right ventricular myocardial infarction from other Diseases
Epidemiology and Demographics
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Diagnosis
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History and Symptoms
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Initial Care
Pharmacological Reperfusion
Reperfusion Therapy (Overview of Fibrinolysis and Primary PCI)
Fibrinolysis
Mechanical Reperfusion
The Importance of Reducing Door-to-Balloon Times
Primary PCI
Adjunctive and Rescue PCI
Rescue PCI
Facilitated PCI
Adjunctive PCI
CABG
Management of Patients Who Were Not Reperfused
Assessing Success of Reperfusion
Antithrombin Therapy
Antithrombin Therapy
Unfractionated Heparin
Low Molecular Weight Heparinoid Therapy
Direct Thrombin Inhibitor Therapy
Factor Xa Inhibition
DVT Prophylaxis
Long Term Anticoagulation
Antiplatelet Agents
Aspirin
Thienopyridine Therapy
Glycoprotein IIbIIIa Inhibition
Other Initial Therapy
Inhibition of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
Magnesium Therapy
Glucose Control
Calcium Channel Blocker Therapy
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Differential diagnosis of conditions to distinguish from right ventricular infarction

• Acute pericarditis
• Pneumothorax
• Pulmonary Embolism
• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
• Restrictive cardiomyopathy
• Tricuspid Regurgitation
• Cor Pulmonale
• Constrictive pericarditis
• Endomyocardial fibrosis
• Primary pulmonary hypertension
• Secondary pulmonary hypertension