Abstract
We present 11 healthy newborns whose electrocardiograms had a pure Q wave in lead I and who did not have a myocardial infarction clinically. We propose that in the healthy newborn, a pure Q wave in lead I may be due to increased right ventricular mass, not myocardial infarction.
MeSH terms
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Arrhythmias, Cardiac / congenital
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Arrhythmias, Cardiac / diagnosis
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Electrocardiography*
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Female
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Follow-Up Studies
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Humans
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Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / congenital*
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Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / diagnosis
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Infant
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Infant, Newborn
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Male
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Myocardial Infarction / congenital*
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Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis
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Patient Care Team
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Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted