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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Farima Kahe M.D. [2]
Overview
An ECG may be helpful in the diagnosis of altitude sickness. Findings on an ECG suggestive of altitude sickness include shortening of R-R interval, shortening of the lengthening of Q-T and in particular for the ST-T flattening and Increase of P wave.
Electrocardiogram
- An ECG may be helpful in the diagnosis of altitude sickness. Findings on an ECG suggestive of altitude sickness include:[1][2]
- Shortening of R-R interval
- Shortening of the lengthening of Q-T and in particular for the ST-T flattening
- Increase of P wave
- Prolongation of P-Q
- Deviation of the R vector
- T wave flattening in the left precordial leads
References
- ↑ Saurenmann P, Koller EA (1984). "The ECG changes due to altitude and to catecholamines". Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol. 53 (1): 35–42. PMID 6096139.
- ↑ Aryal N, Weatherall M, Bhatta YK, Mann S (2017). "Electrocardiography in people living at high altitude of Nepal". Heart Asia. 9 (1): 48–53. doi:10.1136/heartasia-2016-010838. PMC 5294039. PMID 28243317.