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. 2013 Spring;18(2):129–138.

TABLE 7.

The most common electrocardiographic changes of acute right-heart overload/failure

Sinus tachycardia
T-wave inversion in leads V1–V4, III and aVF
Incomplete or complete right bundle branch block
Cardiac axis tilt >90°
S-wave in lead I and Q wave in lead III
Atrial fibrillation
P pulmonale in leads II and III
ST-segment elevation in leads V1–V2

Adapted from reference 2