Key result
Electrocardiogram findings in three fatal cases of pulmonary embolism included right bundle branch block and S1 Q3 T3 patterns.
Why the study?
What are the electrocardiographic findings in patients with fatal pulmonary embolism?
Case Report (n=3)
What are the electrocardiographic findings in patients with fatal pulmonary embolism?
The study describes classic ECG changes such as RBBB and S1Q3T3 in patients with fatal pulmonary embolism.
May aid ECG recognition in fatal PE; leaves open prospective validation in larger cohorts.
NECROPSY . EC. findings Case Clinical findings Post-mortem findings Sur- Time No. vival of EC. RBBB S1 Q3 T3 RVT* Other F. 67. Sudden syncope R.L.L. infarct. Con- 13 12 RBBB --_ and fall in B.P. JVP+ gestive failure. Fe-days hours moral thrombosis. 41 M. 50. Post-operative. Main P.A. blocked 1 8 S 51 Q3 T3 RVT4 S-T Sudden syncope and and multiple small day hours depr. fall in B.P. pulm. emboli. M. 54. Chronic cor Massive infarction R. 5 2 RBBB SI Q3 T3 pulmonale. Sudden lung. Multiple in-days days syncope and fall in farcts L. lung. Em- B.P. bolus in R
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Cutforth et al. (1958) conducted a case report in Pulmonary embolism (n=3). Electrocardiogram was evaluated on Electrocardiogram findings. Electrocardiogram findings in three fatal cases of pulmonary embolism included right bundle branch block and S1 Q3 T3 patterns.
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