Giant Precordial T Wave Inversion in a Patient with Gastroenteritis

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  • David Rott
  • David Leibowitz
  • A. Teddy Weiss
چکیده

Giant precordial T wave inversion (GPTI) on ECG may be the result of several pathologies, including myocardial ischemia, pulmonary edema, pulmonary embolism, subarachnoid hemorrhage, apical hypertrophy, and postpacing. We describe a case of a 75-year-old woman who developed GPTI after an episode of gastroenteritis. To our knowledge, this is the first report of this ECG pattern associated with gastroenteritis.

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دوره 2011  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2011