Sinus Tachycardia
Health Encyclopedia: Myocardial Contusion
Blunt myocardial injury
Symptoms
Pain in the breastbone (sternum) alerts the physician that an injury may have been sustained. Usually there are no symptoms other than a feeling that one's heart is racing.
Signs and tests
The signs, which are noted on electrocardiogram (ECG), are (in order of frequency) sinus tachycardia, right bundle branch block, ventricular dysrhythmia.
Additionally, an echocardiogram may reveal abnormalities in the ability ...
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