Impact of right ventricular involvement on mortality and morbidity in patients with inferior myocardial infarction11Drs. Mehta and Eikelboom were recipients of Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Research Fellowship Awards. Professor Yusuf is the recipient of a Medical Research Council of Canada Senior Scientist Award and holds a Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario Research Chair.

OBJECTIVES: We sought to evaluate the prognostic impact of right ventricular (RV) myocardial involvement in patients with inferior myocardial infarction (MI). BACKGROUND: There is uncertainty regarding the risk of major complications in patients with inferior MI complicated by RV myocardial involvement. Whether these complications are related to RV myocardial involvement itself or simply to the extent of infarction involving the left ventricle …