Pericarditis, or inflammation of the pericardium, has typical ECG findings. These findings occur in progressive stages, all of which are seen in about 50% of cases of pericarditis. Stage I (acute ...

The clinical diagnosis of acute pericarditis ... of inflammation and ECG changes or pericardial effusion). Chronic cases are manifested by the persistence of clinical features of disease beyond ...

The chest X-ray is typically normal ... Acute pericarditis is diagnosed by the presence of two or more of the following features: chest pain, pericardial friction rub, ECG changes (diffuse ST ...

ST segment elevation from pericarditis ... lead reversal which has normal voltage in these leads, but negative QRS in lead I). Hypokalemia causes U waves in the ECG seen as a positive wave just ...

1 Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA 2 Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, ...