The 2013 Joint European Society of Cardiology and European Society of Hypertension guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension advise that a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) should be ...

Left atrial enlargement refers to dilation of the left atrium which occurs from multiple disease states that can chronically increase the left atrial pressure. These include congestive heart failure, ...

Martin A. Alpert, MD, FCCP; Boyd E. Terry, MD; Charles R. Hamm, MD; T. Michael Fan, MD, PhD; Michael V. Cohen, MD; Clara V. Massey, MD; and Jack A. Painter, MD ...

Background Interpretation of the athlete’s ECG is based on differentiation between benign ECG changes and potentially pathological abnormalities. The aim of the study was to compare the 2010 European ...

Age, gender, and body size can affect the size of the left atrium, but several medical conditions can also be responsible. The left atrium is one of the four chambers of the heart. It’s located in the ...

This patient had severe mitral stenosis from rheumatic mitral valve disease causing massive left atrial enlargement. Note the morphology of the PVC in lead V1. The R is greater than the R' in a right ...

Abstract and Introduction Employment of ECG in HF: Current State of the Art Employment of ECG in HF: A Proposal References Employment of ECG in HF: Current State of the Art The ECG is presently always ...

There is clearly a tachycardia with narrow QRS complexes indicating a supraventricular rhythm. The clues to the aetiology are the heart rate of almost exactly 150 / min and the saw tooth waves seen ...

Aim Differentiating physiological cardiac hypertrophy from pathology is challenging when the athlete presents with extreme anthropometry. While upper normal limits exist for maximal left ventricular ...