# Use of a Percutaneous Right Ventricular Assist Device to Manage Right Ventricular Failure in Inferior STEMIs

## TL;DR

A right ventricular assist device helped a patient recover from acute right heart failure caused by a heart attack.

## Contribution

Demonstrates the use of a right ventricular assist device as a treatment for right heart failure in inferior STEMIs.

## Key findings

- The patient showed marked improvement in cardiac function after using the device.
- The device provided hemodynamic support during acute right heart failure.

## Abstract

Acute right heart failure is a complication of inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarctions. Given the further hemodynamic instability that results from right-sided failure, a treatment option is needed to help bridge toward cardiac recovery. We present a case of using a right ventricular assist device in a patient who had marked improvement in cardiac function after an instance of acute right heart failure.