Subcutaneous emphysema and pneumomediastinum: a cause of low-voltage electrocardiogram.
The authors report the occurrence of diffuse low voltage and the loss of R-waves in the precordial leads in a standard 12-lead electrocardiogram, suggestive of an anterior wall myocardial infarction, in a patient with subcutaneous emphysema and pneumomediastinum.
Zimmermann
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A
Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Rafii
S E
SE
Strom
J A
JA
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis; D013352:Subcutaneous Emphysema / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*