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Atrial and ventricular enlargement: hypertrophy and dilatation on ECG

ECG Hypertrophy and dilatation Principles of atrial and ventricular enlargement (hypertrophy and dilatation) Cardiac chamber enlargement refers to abnormally large atria or abnormally large ventricles…

Biventricular hypertrophy ECG and clinical characteristics

ECG Hypertrophy and dilatation Biventricular hypertrophy Simultaneous hypertrophy of the left and right ventricle is rather common. The ECG has low sensitivity with respect to…

Right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH): ECG criteria & clinical characteristics

…right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH) Figure 1. ECG changes seen in left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH). The electrical vector of the left…

ECG in left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH): criteria and implications

…sided chest leads and deeper S waves in left sided leads. Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) The most common causes of left ventricular hypertrophy are aortic…

The electrical axis of the heart (heart axis): ECG & physiology

…and II. Heart axis deviation: right axis deviation (RAD) and left axis deviation (LAD) Causes of right axis deviation Normal in newborns. Right ventricular hypertrophy…

The electrical axis of the heart (ECG axis)

…QRS complex. Axis deviation: right axis deviation (RAD) and left axis deviation (LAD) Causes of right axis deviation Normal in newborns. Right ventricular hypertrophy. Acute…

Vulnerable Plaque and Mechanisms of Acute Coronary Occlusion

…with or without left ventricular hypertrophy. Among patients with NSTE ACS undergoing angiography, approximately 10% have no critical epicardial stenosis. In some of these patients…

The Bernoulli principle and estimation of pressure gradients

…the setting of valvular stenosis or regurgitation, the proximal velocity (v 1 ) is very small compared to the distal velocity (v 2 ), and the difference…

Left atrial enlargement (P mitrale) & right atrial enlargement (P pulmonale) on ECG

…ventricle. Right atrial enlargement (hypertrophy) leads to stronger electrical currents and thus enhancement of the contribution of the right atrium to the P wave. The…

Echocardiography in cardiomyopathies: an overview

…function and heart failure. There are six main types of cardiomyopathy: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) — This type of cardiomyopathy is characterized by pronounced hypertrophy of the…

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