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|QuestionAuthor=Raviteja Reddy Guddeti MBBS, Aarti Narayan MBBS
|QuestionAuthor=Raviteja Reddy Guddeti MBBS, Aarti Narayan MBBS
|Prompt=A 65 year old male presents with fever, weakness, and chest pain that is pleuritic in nature. The pain is relieved by sitting up and leaning forward. The patient describes the pain as sharp and brief. Auscultation reveals friction rub. What is the pathognomonic EKG finding in this patient?
|Prompt=A 65 year old male presents with fever, weakness, and chest pain that is pleuritic in nature. The pain is relieved by sitting up and leaning forward. The patient describes the pain as sharp and brief. Auscultation reveals friction rub. What is the pathognomonic EKG finding in this patient?
|Explanation=The correct answer is PR depression. PR depression is the pathognomonic EKG finding in acute pericarditis, even though ST elevation is often seen in all leads universally. ST segment elevation is seen in other cardiac conditions such as therefore the finding is not pathognomonic.
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Explanation [[Explanation::The correct answer is PR depression. PR depression is the pathognomonic EKG finding in acute pericarditis, even though ST elevation is often seen in all leads universally. ST segment elevation is seen in other cardiac conditions such as therefore the finding is not pathognomonic.

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