title: Electrocardiographic changes produced by interventricular septal rupture.
abstract: The electrocardiogram was recorded during spontaneous rupture of the interventricular septum in a patient after myocardial infarction. The electrocardiographic abnormalities included an increase in the sinus rate, elevation of the ST segment, decrease in Q wave size, and increase in the height and width of the P wave.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology