Oct 8, 2024 · Focal atrial tachycardia (FAT): Consistent, abnormal P wave morphology indicating an ectopic focus. The term FAT is commonly used synonymously with atrial tachycardia, a …

LITFL ECG library is a free educational resource covering over 100 ECG topics relevant to Emergency Medicine and Critical Care. All our ECGs are free to reproduce for educational …

From another perspective, an increase in adipose tissue in the human body interferes with ECG results because the fat mass exerts a high electrical resistance and reduces the voltage of the …

Can you spot the obesity-related normal ECG variants? A 42-year-old morbidly obese female presents to your ED with intermittent, exertional chest pain for three days. The presenting EKG …

In obesity, ECG may change in many ways (table 1) due to an elevation of the diaphragmatic level, left ventricular hypertrophy caused by increased cardiac output, the presence of …

Obesity is associated with a wide variety of electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities. Most of these reflect alterations in cardiac morphology. Some serve as markers of risk for sudden …

Dec 1, 2015 · It is clinically important to recognize how the underweight or obese affects electrocardiogram (ECG). We assessed the effects of body mass index (BMI) on QRS axis or …

To recognize the presentation of fatty infiltration of the right ventricle associated with an abnormal ECG, suggesting RV hypertrophy, and a thickened RV on echocardiogram. To understand the …

Nov 1, 2011 · Editor - The paper by Lawlor et al on “Obesity and vascular disease” (1) demonstrated erroneous ECG lead placement on an obese patient. Unfortunately this is not …

May 23, 2000 · Morbid obesity produces a variety of ECGalterations, including leftward shifts of the P-wave, QRS, and T-waveaxes; disproportionately high frequencies of low QRS voltage; …