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Overview

The PTa segment is the part between the P wave and the Q. The PTa segment is sometimes called PTA (P - atrial T) segment or PR or PQ or PTp (P - T wave of P wave) segment.ABILDSKOV JA. The atrial complex of the electrocardiogram. Am Heart J 1959 Jun; 57(6) 930-41. pmid:13649561. PubMed HubMed .

It can be depressed in pericarditis or atrial myocardial infarction.


Below is an image of EKG depicting overt PTa depression in a patient with pericarditis.

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Copyleft images obtained courtesy of ECGpedia, http://en.ecgpedia.org/index.php?title=Special:NewFiles&dir=prev&offset=20080806182927&limit=500


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