Further consideration in evaluation of right ventricular infarction

If, indeed, the patient had lower tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion values along with reduced early diastolic mitral annular velocities (E') on initial arrival with interval improvement on the tissue Doppler imaging, it may still suggest transient biventricular dysfunction (even in the presence of visually estimated normal systolic left ventricular function at the time of recording), supporting our hypothesis. [...]in patients with TC with biventricular involvement, right ventricular function recovery may often lag behind and prolong the recovery and hospitalization [5,6].