P-dextrocardiale

P-dextrocardiale
An electrocardiographic syndrome characteristic of overloading of the right atrium, often erroneously called P-pulmonale because the syndrome can result from any overloading of the right atrium ( e.g., tricuspid stenosis) and independently of cor pulmonale.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • P pulmonale — Tall, narrow, peaked P waves in electrocardiographic leads II, III, and aVF, and often a prominent initial positive P wave component in V1, presumed to be characteristic of cor pulmonale. (Although this term is extensively used in the… …   Medical dictionary

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