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Understanding the Electrocardiogram In Health & Disease
10.0.0 The Electrocardiogram in the Emergency Department-Introduction
10.2.0 Shortness of breath (frame 23)

10.2.2 (25)

This ECG is from a 57 year old male with carcinoma of the lung. He presented to the Emergency Department complaining of shortness of breath. The pertinent physical findings were a fall in blood pressure with inspiration from 150/90 to 126/60, distended neck veins and muffled heart sounds. What is the most obvious ECG abnormality and what does it imply?

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1.0.0 Generation of the ECG
2.0.0 The Normal Electrocardiogram
3.0.0 Inter and intra-ventricular Conduction Disturbances
4.0.0 Ventricular Hypertrophy
5.0.0 ELECTROLYTE ABNORMALITIES, DRUG EFFECTS AND THE LONG QT SYNDROMES
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10.0.0 The Electrocardiogram in the Emergency Department-Introduction

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