Giant negative T waves.
Marked T wave inversion in a life insurance applicant's ECG may suggest high risk. Careful analysis of the ECG, an informative attending physician statement, and judicious use of additional testing allows the medical director to put this striking ECG abnormality in its proper context.
MacKenzie
Ross
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Sun Life Financial, 3rd floor Medical Department, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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