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Pleural Effusion Masquerading as Myocardial Infarction
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Pleural Effusion Masquerading as Myocardial Infarction

Constantine A Manthous, Gregory A Schmidt and Jesse B Hall
Chest, Vol.103(5), pp.1619-1621
05/1993
DOI: 10.1378/chest.103.5.1619
PMID: 8486062

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Abstract

The effects of pleural effusions on the ECG have not been well studied. We report herein the case of a patient with extreme QRS axis deviation mimicking acute myocardial infarction. Thoracentesis caused the return of a more normal axis.

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