Pericarditis EKG examples
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Pericarditis EKG Examples
Shown below is a 12 lead EKG image with PTa depression, but no ST elevation depicting acute pericarditis.
![](/images/5/54/PtaDepressionPericarditis.png)
Copyleft image obtained courtesy of ECGpedia,
Below is an image of 12 lead EKG in case of pericarditis.
![](/images/e/ed/12leadpericarditis.png)
Below is an image of EKG in case of pericarditis PTa depression.(depression between the end of the P-wave and the beginning of the QRS complex)
![](/images/5/5f/Ptadepressieecg.png)
Below is an image of EKG in a case of pericarditis with effusion depicting alterans.
![](/images/8/86/Alternans.jpg)
Sources
Copycenter images obtained courtesy of ECGpedia, http://en.ecgpedia.org/index.php?title=Special:NewFiles&offset=&limit=500