Pericarditis, or inflammation of the pericardium, has typical ECG findings. These findings occur in progressive stages, all of which are seen in about 50% of cases of pericarditis. Stage I (acute ...

Acute pericarditis is diagnosed by the presence of two or more of the following features: chest pain, pericardial friction rub, ECG changes (diffuse ST-segment elevation or PR depression ...

The clinical diagnosis of acute pericarditis ... of inflammation and ECG changes or pericardial effusion). Chronic cases are manifested by the persistence of clinical features of disease beyond ...

31 Growing attention has been paid to ethnic-related differences in morphological and ECG features of the athlete's heart. Notably, there are specific repolarisation patterns in black/African athletes ...

Note: If the reciprocal ST depressions are not present, consider alternative causes of ST segment elevation such as pericarditis. Insert ECG ... high versus low risk features).