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Electrical alternans is seen in -

A
Cardiac tamponade
B
Restrictive cardiomyopathy
C
Constrictive pericarditis
D
Right Ventricular MI (RVMT
High-Yield Explanation
Electrical alternans is an electrocardiac phenomenon of alternation of QRS complex amplitude or axis between beats and a possible wandering base-line. It is seen in cardiac tamponade and severe pericardial effusion and is thought to be related to changes in the ventricular electrical axis due to fluid in the pericardium , as the hea essentially wobbles in the fluid filled pericardial sac . Ref Harrison 20,th edition pg 1543

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