Himalayan P waves in COPD - A Rare Feature

Himalayan or giant P-waves (amplitude =5 mm) are often known to be classically associated with congenital heart diseases with right to left shunt like tricuspid atresia, Ebstein anomaly, combined tricuspid and pulmonic stenosis, etc, where they indicate a dilated right atrium and tend to be persiste...

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Main Authors:	Satish Kumar, Sharath Babu NM, Sanjay K Mahajan, Madan Kaushik, Balbir S Verma, SS Kaushal
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Light House Polyclinic Mangalore 2014-02-01
Series:	Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences
Subjects:	Himalayan P waves Giant Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Online Access:	http://www.ojhas.org/issue48/2013-4-13.html

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spelling	doaj-c99e9e794a774687a1e9960a3775cbdb2020-11-24T22:18:46ZengLight House Polyclinic Mangalore Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences0972-59972014-02-01124Himalayan P waves in COPD - A Rare FeatureSatish Kumar0Sharath Babu NM1Sanjay K Mahajan2Madan Kaushik3Balbir S Verma4SS Kaushal5Senior Resident, Department of Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, India.Junior Resident, Department of Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, India.Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, India.Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, India.Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, India.Professor, Department of Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, India.Himalayan or giant P-waves (amplitude =5 mm) are often known to be classically associated with congenital heart diseases with right to left shunt like tricuspid atresia, Ebstein anomaly, combined tricuspid and pulmonic stenosis, etc, where they indicate a dilated right atrium and tend to be persistent. These type P waves are rarely seen in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and in this condition it may be due to structural right atrial changes or hypoxemia or combination of both. Here we report a case of COPD with Himalayan P waves which is a rare entity.http://www.ojhas.org/issue48/2013-4-13.htmlHimalayan P wavesGiantChronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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author_facet	Satish Kumar Sharath Babu NM Sanjay K Mahajan Madan Kaushik Balbir S Verma SS Kaushal
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title	Himalayan P waves in COPD - A Rare Feature
title_short	Himalayan P waves in COPD - A Rare Feature
title_full	Himalayan P waves in COPD - A Rare Feature
title_fullStr	Himalayan P waves in COPD - A Rare Feature
title_full_unstemmed	Himalayan P waves in COPD - A Rare Feature
title_sort	himalayan p waves in copd - a rare feature
publisher	Light House Polyclinic Mangalore
series	Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences
issn	0972-5997
publishDate	2014-02-01
description	Himalayan or giant P-waves (amplitude =5 mm) are often known to be classically associated with congenital heart diseases with right to left shunt like tricuspid atresia, Ebstein anomaly, combined tricuspid and pulmonic stenosis, etc, where they indicate a dilated right atrium and tend to be persistent. These type P waves are rarely seen in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and in this condition it may be due to structural right atrial changes or hypoxemia or combination of both. Here we report a case of COPD with Himalayan P waves which is a rare entity.
topic	Himalayan P waves Giant Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Himalayan P waves in COPD - A Rare Feature

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