[Delayed clinical course of right ventricular infarction. Importance of changed diastolic function]

This observation illustrates once more the possibility of a delayed appearance of clinical manifestations of the infarction of the right ventricle. Morphological analysis during the catheterization provides a means for a detailed presentation of the adiastolic syndrome, stressing the importance of diastolic function of the right ventricle, especially the role of pericardium. The role of pericardial compliance seems to be brought into play by the acute dilatation of the right ventricle during its necrosis consecutive to the thrombosis of the right coronary artery at its genu superius.