Table 4.
Differential diagnosis of early repolarization pattern.
| Other causes of early repolarization pattern include the following: | |
| • | Juvenile ST pattern |
| • | Pericardial disease (pericarditis, pericardial cyst, pericardial tumor) |
| • | Hypothermia |
| • | Hyperthermia |
| • | Myocardial tumor (lipoma) |
| • | Hypertensive heart disease |
| • | Athlete׳s heart |
| • | Myocardial ischemia |
| • | STEMI (i.e., anteroseptal myocardial infarction) |
| • | Fragmented QRS (terminal notching) |
| • | Hypocalcemia |
| • | Hyperpotassemia |
| • | Thymoma |
| • | Aortic dissection |
| • | Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy |
| • | Takotsubo cardiomyopathy |
| • | Neurologic causes (intracerebral bleeding, acute brain injury) |
| • | Myocarditis |
| • | Chagas disease |
| • | Cocaine use |
STEMI=ST segment elevation myocardial infarction.