Electrocardiographic monitoring during coloscopy.
Electrocardiographic abnormalities were observed in 15 of 23 patients (65%), five with known heart disease, who were monitored for one hour prior to, during and for one hour after coloscopy. In one patient, ischemic S-T depression, 2 mm. below the resting level, persisted during the one hour following coloscopy. In all other patients, the electrocariographic abnormalities disappeared before the end of the monitoring period.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000209:etiology