DARTH VADER Mnemonic for Complications of Myocardial Infarction



D - Death

A - Arrhythmia

R - Rupture (Ventricular, Septal or Papillary muscle)

T - Tamponade

H - Heart Failure

V - Valvular Dysfunction (regurgitation)

A - Aneurysm

D - Dressler’s (post-MI pericarditis)

E - Embolism (stroke or pulmonary embolism)

R - Re-infarction (recurrent MI)



#DARTHVADER #Mnemonic #Complications #Myocardial #Infarction #MI #Diagnosis #Differential #Cardiology