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== Summary == | |||
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|Description = An 84 year old lady with hypertension | |||
There are a number of abnormalities here. | |||
left anterior hemiblock | |||
QRS axis more left than -30 degrees | |||
initial R wave in the inferior leads (II, III and aVF) | |||
absence of any other cause of left axis deviation | |||
left ventricular hypertrophy | |||
In the presence of left anterior hemiblock the diagnostic criteria of LVH are changed. Rosenbaum suggested that an S wave in lead III deeper than 15 mm as predictive of LVH. | |||
long PR interval (also called first degree heart block) | |||
PR interval longer than 0.2 seconds | |||
left atrial hypertrophy | |||
M shaped P wave in lead II | |||
P wave duration > 0.11 seconds | |||
terminal negative component to the P wave in lead V1 | |||
with permision from the site of Dr. Dean Jenkins | |||
|Category = [[Case_reports_from_Michael_Rosengarten|Case reports by Michael Rosengarten]] | |||
|Source = EKG World Encyclopedia http://cme.med.mcgill.ca/php/index.php , courtesy of Michael Rosengarten BEng, MD.McGill | |||
|Date = 2012 | |||
|Author = Michael Rosengarten BEng, MD.McGill | |||
|Permission = {{by-nc-sa-3.0}} | |||
|other_versions = None | |||
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