A member asked:

Ekg shows old inferior infarct and abnormal r wave progression, but echocardiogram is completely normal.. what are the chances the ekg is wrong? this is the 3rd ekg in 3 months (i have anxiety) and only this one time the inferior infarct showed up?

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Dr. Silviu Pasniciuc answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Ecg's are highly sensitive on lead placement, settings and software used for automatic interpretation. An isolated automatic ( not confirmed) reading for an old infarct is relatively common and cannot be correlated most of the times with actual history and/or findings on other tests/exams. Proper follow up with a cardiologist would be best in trying to clarify and dissipate anxiety away.

Answered 3/6/2022

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