Cardiac Hypertrophy & Enlargement
- Atrial and ventricular enlargement: hypertrophy and dilatation on ECGCardiac chamber enlargement refers to abnormally large atria or abnormally large ventricles. These conditions are referred to as atrial enlargement and…
- ECG in left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH): criteria and implicationsThe following figure shows characteristic ECG changes in left ventricular hypertrophy LVH and right ventricular hypertrophy…
- Right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH): ECG criteria & clinical characteristicsFigure 1. ECG changes seen in left ventricular hypertrophy LVH and right ventricular hypertrophy RVH. The electrical vector of the left ventricle is…
- Biventricular hypertrophy ECG and clinical characteristicsSimultaneous hypertrophy of the left and right ventricle is rather common. The…
- Left atrial enlargement (P mitrale) & right atrial enlargement (P pulmonale) on ECGThe atria may become dilated and/or hypertrophic during pathological circumstances. As for ventricular enlargement, the…
Nonspecific intraventricular conduction delay (defect)
A nonspecific intraventricular conduction delay exists if the ECG displays a widened QRS appearance that is neither a left bundle branch block…
Atrial and ventricular enlargement: hypertrophy and dilatation on ECG
Cardiac chamber enlargement refers to abnormally large atria or abnormally large ventricles. These conditions are referred to as atrial enlargement and…