Total electrical alternation is a specific electrocardiographic sign of pericardial effusion with tamponade that resolves following pericardiocentesis.
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Total electrical alternans may aid tamponade recognition; leaves open prospective validation of its specificity and pendular mechanism.
Littmann et al. (1958) studied this question.
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