[Assessment of right ventricular function using contrast echocardiography in patients with myocardial infarction].

Objective: To evaluate right ventricular size, motility, and ejection fraction (RVEF) by contrast echocardiography.

Methods: We studied consecutive patients admitted to the coronary intensive care unit with acute inferior myocardial infarction, without prior infarction and with or without right ventricle involvement, according to accepted electrocardiographic findings. Polygelin, 3.