Pericarditis EKG examples
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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.
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Shown below is an EKG with PTa depression depicting acute pericarditis.
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Shown below is an EKG from a case of pericarditis with effusion depicting electrical alternans.
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