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What can cause Q waves?

pulmonary embolism

pulmonary embolism

pulmonary embolism (PE), the blockage of the main artery of the lung or i dont realy know how to use wikipedia one of its branches by a substance that has travelled from elsewhere in the body through the bloodstream (embolism)
takotsubo cardiomyopathy

takotsubo cardiomyopathy

takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as transient apical ballooning syndrome, apical ballooning cardiomyopathy, stress-induced cardiomyopathy, Gebrochenes-Herz-Syndrom, and simply stress cardiomyopathy
dextrocardia

dextrocardia

dextrocardia, a congenital defect which the heart is situated on the right side of the body
Chagas disease

Chagas disease

Chagas disease (the agent of South American trypanosomiasis or chagas disease)
bundle branch block

bundle branch block

Left bundle branch block (an impairment of transmission of the cardiac electrical impulse along the fibers of the left main bundle branch, or both the left anterior fascicle and left posterior fascicle)
Dilated cardiomyopathy

Dilated cardiomyopathy

Dilated cardiomyopathy (a form of cardiac muscle disease that is characterized by ventricular dilation, ventricular dysfunction, and heart failure)
ECG lead placement artefact
ECG lead placement artefact, the cause and medical concept with DiseasesDB code "4046"
Myocardial infarction (necrosis of the myocardium caused by an obstruction of the blood supply to the heart (coronary circulation))
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What is a possible cause for (can cause) Q waves, the Phenomenon and medical concept with DiseasesDB code "11102"?
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... unclear, increased septal mass or abnormal depolarization because of anomalous architecture of the septal myocardium, or both, have been proposed as the cause. Abnormal Q waves can ...
Failure to appreciate the other causes of Q waves can lead to important diagnostic errors. (See "Basic principles of electrocardiographic interpretation".)
The space between the start of the Q wave and the end of the T wave (Q-T interval ... them more susceptible to disruptions in heart rhythm from taking drugs that can cause prolonged Q ...
Failure to appreciate the other causes of Q waves can lead to important diagnostic errors. The presence of a Q wave does not indicate any specific electrophysiological ...
I am sorry about all the details above, but I want you to understand that a Q wave can be secondary to many causes and most of them are not serious.

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