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Pearls on Intensive Care Medicine Practice - Project "Critical Care A Day"
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Q:
What are the three EKG findings which favor Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) over cardiovascular adaptation in an endurance athlete?
Answer:
1. Pathological Q waves (dagger like),
2. Left axis deviation, and
3. T wave inversion
Athlete's heart usually have
sinus bradycardia,
increased QRS voltage,
tall peaked T wave,
J point elevation, and
U waves
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