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EKG Changes w/ PE


- Discussion:
  - unexplained tachycardia
  - rt Strain Pattern; -- S1, Q3 -- Rt Ax Dev -- RBBB 
  - note that new onset atrial fibrillation may occur from a pulmonary embolus;







Electrocardiographic manifestations of pulmonary embolism.

When atrial fibrillation occurs with pulmonary embolism, is it the chicken or the egg?

Pulmonary embolism: clinical and laboratory features in 62 patients

History and physical examination in acute pulmonary embolism in patients without preexisting cardiac or pulmonary disease.

Clinical, laboratory, x-ray, and EKG findings in patients with acute pulmonary embolism and no pre-existing cardiac or pulmonary disease.

Pulmonary embolism in the elderly: clinical, instrumental and laboratory aspects.






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Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.

Last updated by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD on Sunday, March 9, 2008 7:18 pm