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Electrocardiographic signs of constrictive chronic pericarditis is usually inconsistent and non specific<ref name="pmid1258748">{{cite journal| author=Chesler E, Mitha AS, Matisonn RE| title=The ECG of constrictive pericarditis--pattern resembling right ventricular hypertrophy. | journal=Am Heart J | year= 1976 | volume= 91 | issue= 4 | pages= 420-4 | pmid=1258748 | doi=10.1016/s0002-8703(76)80321-3 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1258748  }}</ref>  
Electrocardiographic signs of constrictive chronic pericarditis is usually inconsistent and non specific<ref name="pmid1258748">{{cite journal| author=Chesler E, Mitha AS, Matisonn RE| title=The ECG of constrictive pericarditis--pattern resembling right ventricular hypertrophy. | journal=Am Heart J | year= 1976 | volume= 91 | issue= 4 | pages= 420-4 | pmid=1258748 | doi=10.1016/s0002-8703(76)80321-3 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1258748  }}</ref>  


* left atrial enlargement,
* left atrial enlargement


* frequent atrial arrhythmias,
* frequent atrial arrhythmias


* right axis deflection,
* right axis deflection


* possible reduction in voltages,  
* possible reduction in voltages
 
* diffuse negative T-waves
*typical (normal QRS axis, low voltage, and generalized T wave flattening or inversion)
*evidence of right ventricular hypertrophy
*showed right axis deviation in addition
*RVH and RAD are unexplained (cardiac rotation and distortion) or could be due to the presence of severe fibrotic annular subpulmonic constriction; the remainder are


* diffuse negative T-waves.
==References==
==References==
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Overview

Electrocardiographic signs of constrictive chronic pericarditis are usually inconsistent and non specific. It includes left atrial enlargement, frequent atrial arrhythmias, right axis deflection, possible reduction in voltages, diffuse negative T-waves.

Electrocardiogram

Electrocardiographic signs of constrictive chronic pericarditis is usually inconsistent and non specific[1]

  • left atrial enlargement
  • frequent atrial arrhythmias
  • right axis deflection
  • possible reduction in voltages
  • diffuse negative T-waves
  • typical (normal QRS axis, low voltage, and generalized T wave flattening or inversion)
  • evidence of right ventricular hypertrophy
  • showed right axis deviation in addition
  • RVH and RAD are unexplained (cardiac rotation and distortion) or could be due to the presence of severe fibrotic annular subpulmonic constriction; the remainder are

References

  1. Chesler E, Mitha AS, Matisonn RE (1976). "The ECG of constrictive pericarditis--pattern resembling right ventricular hypertrophy". Am Heart J. 91 (4): 420–4. doi:10.1016/s0002-8703(76)80321-3. PMID 1258748.