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Patient handout

Right-ventricular extension STEMI (proximal RCA)

PRODUCTION

1. Your condition

This handout is for right-ventricular extension stemi (proximal rca). Your care team identified this based on: v4r st↑ ≥1 mm + inferior st↑ ii/iii/avf (rv-extension stemi, proximal rca).

Other reasons your team may use this plan: inferior stemi + hypotension + clear lung fields + jvp elevation → presumptive rv extension; obtain v4r immediately; routed from cardio.stemi.inferior.v1 after v4r+ confirmed.

2. Your medications

Take these medications exactly as prescribed. Do not stop or change a dose without talking to your provider.

MedicationStarting doseHowWhenWhat it does
aspirin162-325 mg chewedPOload + 81 mg dailyACC/AHA 2025 ACS Class I; same as parent
ticagrelor180 mg load → 90 mg BIDPOBID × 12 mo default DAPTPLATO PMID 19717846; same as parent
normal saline500-1000 mL bolus, repeat to total 1-2LIVtitrated to BP/JVP/lung examPreload-dependent state — volume loading is first-line for hypotension; Kinch & Ryan PMID 8208270; AHA 2025 Class I
dobutamine2-10 mcg/kg/min IVIVcontinuous infusionInotropic support for RV failure unresponsive to volume; AHA 2025 Class IIa
nitroglycerinCONTRAINDICATED — Class III AHA 2025IV/SLavoidAHA 2025 Class III — preload reduction in preload-dependent state causes profound hypotension/collapse; avoid throughout RV-extension management — encoded as contraindication_substitute (this phenotype substitutes volume-loading for nitrate-based preload reduction)
furosemideCONTRAINDICATED in acute RV-extensionIVavoidAHA 2025 Class III — diuresis reduces preload, causes RV-CO collapse; can be used cautiously after RV recovery if pulmonary edema develops from concurrent LV dysfunction — encoded as contraindication_substitute (avoid in acute RV phenotype)
morphineAVOID — venodilator + sympathetic bluntingIVavoidVenodilation reduces preload; also blunts sympathetic compensation; AHA 2025 caution; use fentanyl alternative for pain if essential — encoded as contraindication_substitute (fentanyl substitutes for morphine in this phenotype)

Plan: RV-extension STEMI hemodynamic phenotype — adds to parent cardio.stemi.core.v1 reperfusion regimen; dominated by preload-dependence

3. When to call your provider

Contact your care team if any of the following happen:

  • EF or RV function declining → advanced HF eval
  • Recurrent angina → cath re-eval

4. When to seek emergency care

Call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room right away if you have:

  • V4R+ inferior STEMI + SBP <90 not responsive to NS 1-2L bolus(life-threatening)
  • Patient received nitrate, diuretic, or morphine prior to V4R recognition; profound hypotension developed(life-threatening)
  • V4R+ + 2°-3° AV block (often coexists in proximal RCA lesions affecting AV-node supply)

5. Follow-up

Cardiology follow-up; echo at 30 d for RV recovery confirmation; cardiac rehab (caution with diuretic prescription if persistent RV dysfunction)

6. Sources

Guideline: 2025 ACC/AHA ACS Guideline + ESC 2023 ACS + Kinch & Ryan NEJM 1994

  1. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37622670
  2. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35718438
  3. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38587234