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Med Crit 2010; 24 (3)

Electrocardiographic abnormalities in pontomesencephalic hemorrhage

Carrillo ER, Carrillo CLD, Carrillo CCA, Carrillo CJR

Language: Spanish
References: 20
Page: 145-148
PDF size: 323.71 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Electrocardiographic changes occur most frequently in patients with acute cerebrovascular diseases, most frequently in subarachnoid hemorrhage. The principal changes involved depression of the ST segment or inverted T waves, whereas elevation of the ST segment has been rare. Electrocardiographic abnormalities have been associated with increased intracranial pressure and excessive sympathetic activity. This abnormalities are included in the neurocardiogenic syndrome who has 3 major categories: The heart’s effects on the brain (cardiac source embolic stroke), the brain’s effects on the heart (neurogenic heart disease), and neurocardiac syndromes. We report a case of neurocardiogenic syndrome in a patient with pontomesencephalic hemorrhage.


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