Asymptomatic ST segment elevation.
Asymptomatic ST segment elevation in a life insurance applicant's ECG raises several prognostically important possibilities such as myocardial infarction, pericarditis, Brugada syndrome and early repolarization. This ECG case study discusses the ECG features involved in the differential diagnosis.
MacKenzie
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Sun Life Financial, 3rd Floor Medical Department, 150 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5H 1J9, Canada.
D000328:Adult; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D007352:Insurance, Life; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics; D011379:Prognosis; D012016:Reference Values; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013599:Systole / Q000502:physiology