Left Axis Deviation

Case 135: An 80-Year-Old Woman with Pneumonia

Case 135: An 80-Year-Old Woman with Pneumonia History Diagnosis History This 80-year-old woman with chronic obstructive lung disease has been admitted to the medical ICU with pneumonia: Diagnosis Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia (MAT) Left axis deviation Non-specific ST and T abnormality Besides the presence of P waves with a different morphology, an important characteristic feature of …

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Case 160: A 65-Year-Old Man with a Previous Myocardial Infarction

Case 160: A 65-Year-Old Man with a Previous Myocardial Infarction History Diagnosis History This 65-year-old man is seen in the cardiac clinic for a routine follow-up visit. He had a myocardial infarction two years earlier, but has been free of angina with moderate exertion. Lately, he reports feeling more easily fatigued: Diagnosis Atrial flutter with …

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Case 18: A 46-Year-Old Man with Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

Case 18: A 46-Year-Old Man with Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy History Diagnosis ECG 2 ECG 2 Diagnosis History A 46-year-old man with a nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy most likely secondary to a viral myocarditis from which he suffered 8 years earlier whom at the time of his myocarditis had a pacemaker implanted because of second degree AV block …

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Case 19: A 67-Year-Old Man in Congestive Heart Failure

Case 19: A 67-Year-Old Man in Congestive Heart Failure History Diagnosis ECG 2 ECG 2 Diagnosis History This 67-year-old man is admitted because of congestive heart failure due to ischemic cardiomyopathy. Ten years ago he had a myocardial infarction complicated by episodes of ventricular tachycardia, for which he received an ICD (Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator) implant. …

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