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(Circulation. 1959;20:831.)
© 1959 American Heart Association, Inc.

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The Electrocardiographic Pentalogy of Pulmonary Emphysema

A Correlation of Roentgenographic Findings and Pulmonary Function Studies

R. H. WASSERBURGER M.D.¹; J. R. KELLY M.D.¹; H. K. RASMUSSEN B.S.¹; JOHN H. JUHL M.D.¹; C. J. Lloyd ¹; H. Bauers B.A.¹

¹ From the Department of Medicine and Radiology, Veterans Administration Hospital, the University of Wisconsin Medical School, and the Cardiovascular Laboratories, University Hospitals, Madison, Wis.

The clinical applicability of the routine electrocardiogram and the chest roentgenogram in assessing advanced pulmonary emphysema is shown by a correlative study on 150 adults with moderately severe and severe pulmonary emphysema determined by pulmonary function studies. From these data a rather uniform electrocardiographic pattern has emerged entitled "the electrocardiographic pentalogy of pulmonary emphysema" which by itself suggests the presence of an advanced emphysematous state.