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 ==Pericarditis==
-[[Image:Stadia_pericarditis.png|thumb| Several stages of pericarditis]]
+[[Pericarditis]]
-[[Image:ptadepressie.png|thumb| This enlargement shows clear PTa depression]]
-[[Image:ptadepressieecg.png|thumb| The 12 lead ECG of this patient shows PTa depression, but no ST elevation]]
-[[Image:12leadpericarditis.png|thumb| Another 12 lead example of pericarditis.]]
-[[w:Pericarditis|Pericarditis]] is an inflammation of the pericardium. This can lead to ST elevation in all leads. Therefore, it is important to distinguish pericarditis from a [[myocardial infarction]], which has more acute complaints and ST-elevations are limited to the infarct area.
-In pericarditis four stages can be distinguished on the ECG:
-*stage I:    ST elevation in all leads. PTa depression (depression between the end of the P-wave and the beginning of the QRS- complex)
-*stage II:   pseudonormalisation (transition)
-*stage III:  inverted T-waves
-*stage IV:   normalisation
-Keep into account that in stage I pericarditis, ST-elevation is present in all leads except in aVR, V1 and III.
-{{clr}}
 ==Myocarditis==