title: Tall R wave in lead V1.
abstract: Tall R waves in lead V1 present the life insurance company medical director with a diagnostic dilemma. This ECG pattern may be present in applicants with right bundle branch block, right ventricular hypertrophy, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, posterior myocardial infarction, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, muscular dystrophy, dextrocardia, misplaced precordial leads, as well as in normal individuals. This ECG case study discusses the ECG features involved in the differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Sun Life Financial, 3rd Floor Medical Department, 150 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5H 1J9 Canada.
authors.forename: Ross
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: MacKenzie
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D007352:Insurance, Life; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis