Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus
To the Editor: We question the electrocardiographic findings in the case of dextrocardia presented by Yin and Mohamed in Images in Clinical Medicine (Sept. 1 issue). 1 We agree that the reverse R-wave progression across the precordial leads, with the tallest R wave in V 1 progressively decreasing in...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The New England journal of medicine 2005-12, Vol.353 (23), p.2515-2515 |
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Zusammenfassung: | To the Editor:
We question the electrocardiographic findings in the case of dextrocardia presented by Yin and Mohamed in Images in Clinical Medicine (Sept. 1 issue).
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We agree that the reverse R-wave progression across the precordial leads, with the tallest R wave in V
1
progressively decreasing in amplitude in leads V
2
to V
6
, as shown in Panel B of the original image, is typical of dextrocardia. We also agree that a normal pattern is evident in the precordial leads on right-sided electrocardiography (Panel C of the original image). However, the electrical waves should not change in . . . |
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ISSN: | 0028-4793 1533-4406 |
DOI: | 10.1056/NEJM200512083532320 |