echocardiography in myocardial infarction
Last reviewed 01/2018
Useful in the diagnosis of sudden haemodynamic collapse in a patient with acute myocardial infarction:
- distinguishes between severe left ventricular damage, right ventricular infarction, and cardiac rupture with tamponade
- distinguishes acute mitral regurgitation and ventricular septal rupture
- demonstrates the extent of akinesis (and allows the measurement of global ejection fraction) in transmural infarction