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Case No Clinical features and other investigations Comment 1 Atrial fibrillation, chronic renal failure, inferolateral ST/T wave changes ECG abnormal 2 Chronic renal failure due to severe bilateral hydronephrosis; no evidence of heart failure; normal ECG and chest x ray film Diagnosis of heart failu...

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Published in:BMJ 1996-05, Vol.312 (7039), p.1161-1161
Main Authors: Lip, Gregory Y H, Zarifis, John, Beevers, Gareth, Singh, Shyam P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiac arrhythmia
Electrocardiography
Heart attacks
Heart failure
Ultrasonic imaging
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Summary:Case No Clinical features and other investigations Comment 1 Atrial fibrillation, chronic renal failure, inferolateral ST/T wave changes ECG abnormal 2 Chronic renal failure due to severe bilateral hydronephrosis; no evidence of heart failure; normal ECG and chest x ray film Diagnosis of heart failure doubtful 3 Fatal pulmonary thromboembolism; normal ECG; no evidence of heart failure on postmortem examination Diagnosis of heart failure doubtful 4 ECG showed left ventricular hypertrophy; echocardiogram showed normal systolic function ECG abnormal; in view of echocardiographic findings, dysfunction was possible 5 Normal ECG, echocardiogram, and chest x ray film Diagnosis of heart failure doubtful 6 Normal echocardiogram; peripheral oedema secondary to amlodipine treatment Diagnosis of heart failure doubtful 7 ECG showed old anterior Q wave myocardial infarction ECG abnormal 8 ECG showed atrial fibrillation with old inferior myocardial infarction ECG abnormal ECG=Electrocardiogram.
ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.312.7039.1161b