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Chest Pain and Inferior ST Elevation.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

PR depression, which suggests pericarditis 4. We also showed that, of 47 cases of pericarditis with ST elevation, none had ST depression in aVL. ) Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center; Professor, University of Minnesota School of Medicine Stephen W. Absence of any ST depression in aVL. ( Apple, Ph.D.

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A woman in her 20s with syncope

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A bedside cardiac ultrasound was performed with a parasternal long axis view demonstrated below: There is a large pericardial effusion with collapse of the right ventricle during systole. The second most common cause of medical cardiac tamponade is acute idiopathic pericarditis. This patient is only pseudo-stable. Her pulse is 125.