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To the Editor: We question the electrocardiographic findings in the case of dextrocardia presented by Yin and Mohamed in Images in Clinical Medicine (Sept. 1 issue).¹ We agree that the reverse R-wave progression across the precordial leads, with the tallest R wave in V₁ progressively decreasing in amplitude in leads V₂ to V₆, as shown in Panel B of the original image, is typical of dextrocardia. We also agree that a normal pattern is evident in the precordial leads on right-sided electrocardiography (Panel C of the original image). However, the electrical waves should not change in the limb leads . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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