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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Jun 9.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Probl Cardiol. 2005 Jan;30(1):9–54. doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2004.04.005

TABLE 4.

ECG abnormalities that can lead to ST segment elevation in the right precordial leads

Atypical right bundle branch block
Left ventricular hypertrophy
Early repolarization
Acute pericarditis
Acute myocardial ischemia or infarction
Pulmonary embolism
Prinzmetal's angina109
Dissecting aortic aneurysm110
Various central and autonomic nervous system abnormalities111,112
Duchenne muscular dystrophy113
Thiamine deficiency114
Hyperkalemia110,115,116
Hypercalcemia117,118
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy25,119
Hypothermia120,121
Mechanical compression of right ventricular outflow tract as with mediastinal tumor122
Hemopericardium123