Intra-aortic balloon ECG artefact.
Patients undergoing intra-aortic balloon counter pulsation (IABP) for acute life threatening cardiac disease usually have abnormal electrocardiograms (ECGs) and are prone to arrhythmias and conduction disturbances. We report a patient in whom movement of the electrocardiographic lead to the left leg by the balloon catheter caused artefact simulating a conduction disturbance and arrhythmia.
D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001243:Assisted Circulation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged