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==EKG Examples== | ==EKG Examples== | ||
Shown below is an EKG image with PTa depression (depression between the end of the [[P wave]] and the beginning of the [[QRS complex]]), but no [[ST elevation]] depicting acute pericarditis. | Shown below is an EKG image with PTa depression (depression between the end of the [[P wave]] and the beginning of the [[QRS complex]]), but no [[ST elevation]] depicting [[acute pericarditis]]. | ||
[[File:PtaDepressionPericarditis.png|center|800px]] | [[File:PtaDepressionPericarditis.png|center|800px]] | ||
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Shown below is an EKG with PTa depression depicting [[acute pericarditis]]. | |||
Shown below is an EKG with PTa depression depicting acute pericarditis. | |||
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Shown below is an EKG from a case of pericarditis with [[Pericardial effusion|effusion]] depicting [[electrical alternans]]. | |||
Shown below is an EKG from a case of pericarditis with [[Pericardial effusion|effusion]] depicting electrical | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist|2}} | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
Revision as of 20:21, 29 November 2012
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
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EKG Examples
Shown below is an EKG image with PTa depression (depression between the end of the P wave and the beginning of the QRS complex), but no ST elevation depicting acute pericarditis.
Copyleft image obtained courtesy of ECGpedia,http://en.ecgpedia.org/wiki/File:De-Ptadepressieecg.png
Shown below is an EKG with PTa depression depicting acute pericarditis.
Copyleft image obtained courtesy of ECGpedia, http://en.ecgpedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Shown below is an EKG from a case of pericarditis with effusion depicting electrical alternans.
Copyleft image obtained courtesy of ECGpedia,http://en.ecgpedia.org/wiki/Main_Page