1 Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA 2 Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, ...
As a whole, cocaine-associated electrocardiographic abnormalities are well described in the literature (primarily in the form of observational studies, small controlled studies and case reports).
Eleven studies describing sinoatrial (SA) nodal, atrioventricular (AV) nodal or infra-Hisian conduction parameters in the setting of cocaine use were found. Fourteen studies and two case series ...
The diagnosis of atrial fibrillation frequently relies on a computer-generated interpretation of the electrocardiogram and subsequent verification by the cardiologist. A recent study by Bogun and ...
In a 57-year-old man with chest pain, an ECG obtained by EMS showed widespread ST-segment depressions. At the hospital, left main coronary-artery stenosis was seen on angiography (shown in a video).
Although evidence from the Italian experience suggests that electrocardiographic screening of young athletes has led to a significant reduction in SCD from cardiomyopathies, considerable controversy ...
This group represented 6% of all patients presenting with HCM at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, between April 1994 and October 2006, the remainder of whom had electrocardiographic abnormalities.