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Electrocardiographic signs of constrictive chronic pericarditis is usually inconsistent and non specific<ref name="pmid1258748">{{cite journal| author=Chesler E, Mitha AS, Matisonn RE| title=The ECG of constrictive pericarditis--pattern resembling right ventricular hypertrophy. | journal=Am Heart J | year= 1976 | volume= 91 | issue= 4 | pages= 420-4 | pmid=1258748 | doi=10.1016/s0002-8703(76)80321-3 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1258748 }}</ref> | Electrocardiographic signs of constrictive chronic pericarditis is usually inconsistent and non specific<ref name="pmid1258748">{{cite journal| author=Chesler E, Mitha AS, Matisonn RE| title=The ECG of constrictive pericarditis--pattern resembling right ventricular hypertrophy. | journal=Am Heart J | year= 1976 | volume= 91 | issue= 4 | pages= 420-4 | pmid=1258748 | doi=10.1016/s0002-8703(76)80321-3 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1258748 }}</ref> | ||
* left atrial enlargement | * left atrial enlargement | ||
* frequent atrial arrhythmias | * frequent atrial arrhythmias | ||
* right axis deflection | * right axis deflection | ||
* possible reduction in voltages, | * possible reduction in voltages | ||
* diffuse negative T-waves | |||
*typical (normal QRS axis, low voltage, and generalized T wave flattening or inversion) | |||
*evidence of right ventricular hypertrophy | |||
*showed right axis deviation in addition | |||
*RVH and RAD are unexplained (cardiac rotation and distortion) or could be due to the presence of severe fibrotic annular subpulmonic constriction; the remainder are | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist|2}} | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
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Overview
Electrocardiographic signs of constrictive chronic pericarditis are usually inconsistent and non specific. It includes left atrial enlargement, frequent atrial arrhythmias, right axis deflection, possible reduction in voltages, diffuse negative T-waves.
Electrocardiogram
Electrocardiographic signs of constrictive chronic pericarditis is usually inconsistent and non specific[1]
- left atrial enlargement
- frequent atrial arrhythmias
- right axis deflection
- possible reduction in voltages
- diffuse negative T-waves
- typical (normal QRS axis, low voltage, and generalized T wave flattening or inversion)
- evidence of right ventricular hypertrophy
- showed right axis deviation in addition
- RVH and RAD are unexplained (cardiac rotation and distortion) or could be due to the presence of severe fibrotic annular subpulmonic constriction; the remainder are
References
- ↑ Chesler E, Mitha AS, Matisonn RE (1976). "The ECG of constrictive pericarditis--pattern resembling right ventricular hypertrophy". Am Heart J. 91 (4): 420–4. doi:10.1016/s0002-8703(76)80321-3. PMID 1258748.