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Case Reports
. 2022 Mar 16;2022(3):omac021.
doi: 10.1093/omcr/omac021. eCollection 2022 Mar.

J-wave syndrome potentially exacerbated by therapeutic hypothermia

Masahiro Kashiura  1 , Yuichi Hamabe  2 , Takashi Moriya  1
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Case Reports

J-wave syndrome potentially exacerbated by therapeutic hypothermia

Masahiro Kashiura et al. Oxf Med Case Reports. .
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Figure 1
a) Electrocardiogram recorded upon admission shows J waves in leads I, II, III, aVR, aVF, and V3–6. b) Electrocardiogram after induced hypothermia shows further elevation of J-waves with multifocal ventricular premature complexes.
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