Right atrial abnormality
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Estimating Bilateral Atrial Function by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Feature Tracking in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
Published on: July 20, 2022
1Ross MacKenzie Consulting, 2261 Constance Drive, Oakville, Ontario, L6J 5L8, Canada. rossmackenzieconsulting@msn.com
Abstract:
Occasionally, a prominent P wave is encountered in a life insurance applicant's electrocardiogram. Prominent P waves may be normal variants or alert the medical director to prognostically significant structural heart or pulmonary disease. This case study reviews the commonly used criteria for the ECG pattern of right atrial abnormality and some of the pitfalls associated with its use.
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