Very abnormal T waves in a 37-year-old man
| Autor: | Mark E Willcox, Jordan M. Prutkin, Peter J. Kudenchuk |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Torsades de pointes 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Syncope 03 medical and health sciences Electrocardiography 0302 clinical medicine Torsades de Pointes T wave Internal medicine Heart rate Medicine Humans Risperidone medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry 030229 sport sciences Emergency department medicine.disease Defibrillators Implantable Blood pressure Treatment Outcome Schizophrenia Cardiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business medicine.drug Antipsychotic Agents |
| Zdroj: | Heart (British Cardiac Society). 102(2) |
| ISSN: | 1468-201X |
| Popis: | A 37-year-old man presents after a syncopal event. He has schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, for which, risperidone was recently started. On arrival, heart rate and blood pressure were normal, potassium was 3.2 meq/dL (0.82 mmol/L), magnesium was 2.5 meq/dL (1.1 mmol/L), calcium was 8.7 mg/dL (2.2 mmol/L) and cardiac biomarkers were normal. Bedside echocardiogram showed grossly normal LV systolic function. His presenting ECG is shown in figure 1. Figure 1 Presenting ECG in the emergency department. Which finding is seen on this ECG, and what is the likely subsequent clinical scenario? 1. Hyperacute T waves—early ST … |
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