Month: December 2008

Pleural effusion – left

Click on the image for an enlarged view Homogenous opacity with higher level towards the axilla on the left side is characteristic of a large pleural effusion on

Cardiology

Left ventricular hypertrophy

Click on the image for an enlarged view Left ventricular hypertrophy is manifest in this ECG as tall R waves in lateral leads (leads I, aVl, V5 and

Cardiology

Atrial fibrillation with bigeminal rhythm

Click on the image for an enlarged view Baseline is irregular and lead V1 shows coarse fibrillary waves suggestive of atrial fibrillation. But the unusual feature about this

Cardiology

Left bundle branch block

Click on the image for an enlarged view Left bundle branch block is characterised by a wide QRS, which is 120 msec or more. The left precordial leads

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