Why the study?
What is the diagnostic value of 12-lead electrocardiogram for pericarditis, pericardial effusion, and cardiac tamponade?
Population
Patients with pericarditis, pericardial effusion, and cardiac tamponade
Design
Review
Authors
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Reinforces ECG utility for rapid bedside suspicion of effusion or tamponade; leaves open prospective validation of diagnostic performance.
What is the diagnostic value of 12-lead electrocardiogram for pericarditis, pericardial effusion, and cardiac tamponade?
The 12-lead electrocardiogram provides an inexpensive and easily performed method to identify diagnostic signs of pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade, such as low voltage and electrical alternans.
Badiger et al. (2013) studied this question.
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