Teaching NeuroImages: somatic muscle fasciculations detected by electrocardiography
| Autor: | Martin R Turner, Sonya E Craig, Gwilym J Webb |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Somatic cell medicine.medical_treatment Fasciculation Lower motor neuron Cardiac pacemaker Diagnosis Differential Electrocardiography Muscular Diseases Internal medicine medicine Humans Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Aged Incidental Findings medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry medicine.disease Gastrostomy medicine.anatomical_structure Cardiology Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom Differential diagnosis business |
| Zdroj: | Neurology. 78(3) |
| ISSN: | 1526-632X 0028-3878 |
| Popis: | A routine EKG during admission for gastrostomy in a chronically hypertensive 75-year-old patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) demonstrated repetitive small depolarizations (figure). The patient had no cardiac pacemaker and was not taking any medication. A study of 550 routine EKGs revealed somatic muscle fasciculation potentials in 1%, in association with a range of lower motor neuron pathology, … |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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