Acute Care Problems Case Studies 1 and 2

Right Atrial Enlargement & P Pulmonale. P wave indicates atrial depolarization. There can be a tall peaked P wave. The height is amplitude or energy measured and the width is time. The larger P wave can be called P Pulmonale. The patient in the above example comes in with SOB (Shortness of Breath). They have R atrial enlargement. ................
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