Assessment of right ventricular function after successful revascularization for acute anterior myocardial infarction without right ventricular infarction by echocardiography.

Background: Right ventricular (RV) involvement in acute left ventricular (LV) myocardial infarction (MI) is frequently underestimated in the clinical setting owing to the diagnostic limitations of the electrocardiogram and echocardiography.

Objective: To assess RV function in patients presented with first acute anterior ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who underwent successful primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and factors affecting it.

Methods: Forty consecutive patients with anterior STEMI who underwent successful primary PCI were enrolled in the study.