What is your stepwise approach to supporting the RV in the setting of RV failure from unrevascularized RCA disease in an unstable patient in the absence of RP impella availability?
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Cardiology · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Physiology
- RV infarct → preload dependent, afterload sensitive, rhythm/AV-synchrony dependent. Aim to optimize preload (not too little/not too much), reduce RV afterload, maintain perfusion pressure, preserve sinus/AV synchrony, and relieve ischemia where possible.
1) Immediate stabilization (fir...