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ECG Response: December 2, 2014

Author(s) -

Lippincott Williams Wilkins

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.114.013885

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , qt interval , qrs complex , exacerbation , st segment , st depression , electrocardiography , pulmonary disease , myocardial infarction

A 65-year-old man with a history of obesity and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presents to the emergency room with increasing shortness of breath and a productive cough. A chest x-ray shows changes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease but no acute pathology. It is felt that he has a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation and is begun on antibiotics, steroids, and albuterol inhalers. Several minutes after presenting, his heart rate is noted to increase and become irregular. An ECG is obtained.The rhythm is irregular …

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