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Latest revision as of 18:40, 18 September 2017

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Shown below is an EKG demonstrating PTa depression (depression between the end of the P wave and the beginning of the QRS complex) and absence of ST elevation depicting acute pericarditis.

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

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Shown below is an EKG demonstrating electrical alternans depicting pericarditis with effusion.

Copyleft image obtained courtesy of ECGpedia,http://en.ecgpedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

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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]].
+Shown below is an [[EKG]] demonstrating [[PTa segment|PTa]] depression (depression between the end of the [[P wave]] and the beginning of the [[QRS complex]]) and absence of [[ST elevation]] depicting [[acute pericarditis]].
 [[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]] demonstrating [[PTa segment|PTa]] depression depicting [[acute pericarditis]].
 [[Image:Ptadepressieecg.png|center|800px]]
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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 demonstrating [[electrical alternans]] depicting pericarditis with [[Pericardial effusion|effusion]].
 [[Image:Alternans.jpg|center|800px]]
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