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
