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. 2011 Dec;86(12):1245-6.
doi: 10.4065/mcp.2011.0647.

The "spiked helmet" sign: a new electrocardiographic marker of critical illness and high risk of death

Laszlo Littmann, Michael H Monroe

The "spiked helmet" sign: a new electrocardiographic marker of critical illness and high risk of death

Laszlo Littmann et al. Mayo Clin Proc. 2011 Dec.
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FIGURE.
FIGURE.
Left, representative electrocardiograms of 4 patients showing the “spiked helmet” sign. Right, Pickelhaube, the German military spiked helmet. Note the similarity of the electrocardiogram waveforms in lead III to the shape of the spiked helmet.
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