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Asplenia electrocardiogram
Introduction
Overview
Overview
An Electrocardiogram may be helpful in the diagnosis of asplenia with complex cardiac anomalies.
Electrocardiogram
Electrocardiogram
An Electrocardiogram may be helpful in the diagnosis of asplenia with complex cardiac anomalies. Findings on an Electrocardiogram include:[1]
- Dextrocardia shows inverted or reversed electrical waves.
References
References
- ↑ Erdem SB, Genel F, Erdur B, Ozbek E, Gulez N, Mese T (2015). “Asplenia in children with congenital heart disease as a cause of poor outcome”. Cent Eur J Immunol. 40 (2): 266–9. doi:10.5114/ceji.2015.52841. PMC 4637402. PMID 26557043.
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