Iribar Dieguez IK, Lucas Cabornero J and Lopetegui Cano M
Volume2-Issue9
Dates: Received: 2021-09-01 | Accepted: 2021-09-09 | Published: 2021-09-09
Pages: 777-778
Abstract
We present the electrocardiogram (Figure 1) of a 14-year-old man in which, without related pathology, and incidentally in the context of a consultation for another reason, a U wave was detected in precordial leads V3 and V4. Does that U wave have pathological significance?
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DOI: 10.37871/jbres1309
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Iríbar Diéguez IK, Lucas Cabornero J, Lopetegui Caño M. Reflects on the Benignity or Pathology of the Presence of “U Waves” in the Electrocardiogram. J Biomed Res Environ Sci. 2021 Sept 09; 2(9): 777-778. doi: 10.37871/jbres1309, Article ID: JBRES1309, Available at: https://www.jelsciences.com/articles/jbres1309.pdf
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