Notched P Wave
Report:
Sinus rhythm
Left atrial abnormality (LAA)
Widely notched P wave
Sino-atrial exit block
Probable atrial infarction
Comment:
The wide P wave (0.18â) is produced by an atrial conduction defect, usually involving the interatrial tract (Bachmanâs bundle). It may be the result of ischæmic injury, as in this case, or left atrial enlargement or hypertrophy (or both). The notching, typical of P mitrale in mitral stenosis, is deemed diagnostically significant when the notch is 0.04â wide; in this case, it is 0.08â - 2 mm - wide.
Below, second degree 2:1 block (middle) is replaced by atrial fibrillation with third degree block and junctional rhythm (bottom). These recordings are taken on lead V1; ST elevation there reflects right ventricular infarction.
Fig 126a. LAA is a frequent precursor of AF (bottom strip). Fig 127. 94 year old woman with fractured left hip, found dead in her hospital bed.
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