Pericarditis EKG examples

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Pericarditis 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.

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Shown below is an EKG with PTa depression depicting acute pericarditis.

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Shown below is an EKG in a case of pericarditis with effusion depicting alterans.

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