Aspiration pneumonia electrocardiogram

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sadaf Sharfaei M.D.[2]

Overview

There are some non-specific findings on ECG of a patient with chronic aspiration pneumonia which include sinus tachycardia, minor nonspecific ST-segment or T-wave changes, right atrial enlargement, QRS abnormalities like right axis deviation, and presence of S1S2S3.

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References

  1. Stein, Paul D.; Matta, Fadi; Ekkah, Maan; Saleh, Tarek; Janjua, Muhammad; Patel, Yash R.; Khadra, Helmi (2012). "Electrocardiogram in Pneumonia". The American Journal of Cardiology. 110 (12): 1836–1840. doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.08.019. ISSN 0002-9149.

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