Unusual electrocardiographic changes in spontaneous pneumothorax.
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A young woman with spontaneous left pneumothorax had a phasic voltage alternation of her electrocardiogram that resolved with expansion of the lung. Likely explanations for this phenomenon are a respiratory dependent change in cardiac anatomy and a change in the volume conductor with respiration.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Chest
دوره 70 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1976