Pericarditis EKG examples

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.

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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 effusion depicting electrical alterans.

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