Usefulness of the Electrocardiogram in a Patient Presenting with Right-Sided Pneumothorax and Presyncope
| Autor: | Doina Adina Todea, Călina-Patricia Țentea, Dan Blendea, Roxana-Daiana Lazar, Sorin Pop, Wissam Sabha, Iulia-Georgiana Zehan, Lavinia Maria Florescu, Csilla-Andrea Eötvös |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Medicine (General) pneumothorax Pulmonary emphysema Clinical Biochemistry 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology electrocardiogram Chest pain Coronary artery disease 03 medical and health sciences QRS complex 0302 clinical medicine R5-920 Internal medicine medicine case report cardiovascular diseases skin and connective tissue diseases Presyncope business.industry medicine.disease respiratory tract diseases medicine.anatomical_structure surgical procedures operative Pneumothorax syncope Cardiology sense organs medicine.symptom business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Artery Sudden onset |
| Zdroj: | Diagnostics, Vol 11, Iss 1069, p 1069 (2021) Diagnostics |
| ISSN: | 2075-4418 |
| Popis: | We present the case of a 71-year-old man with history of smoking, pulmonary emphysema, hypertension, multivessel coronary artery disease and prior coronary artery bypass graft surgery who presented with spontaneous right-sided pneumothorax associated with phasic changes of the QRS amplitude on the electrocardiogram. While several case reports have described QRS amplitude changes associated with left-sided pneumothorax, reports of phasic ECG changes in right-sided pneumothorax are exceedingly rare. Such changes, when present in a patient with sudden onset chest pain and dyspnea, should prompt a diagnostic workup for possible pneumothorax. |
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