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Reflection on the benignity or pathology of the presence of U waves in the electrocardiogram

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Article Type Clinical Image
Subject Medicine Group
OCLC 9342075523
Iribar Dieguez IK, Lucas Cabornero J and Lopetegui Cano M
Issue: Volume2-Issue9
Pages: 777-778
Received: 2021-09-01
Accepted: 2021-09-09
Published: 2021-09-09

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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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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