title: Clinical predictors of cardiac complications in patients with acute ischemic brain disease.
abstract: Heart and brain vascular diseases present leading causes of death in civilized world. During development of brain ischemia cardiac complications are possible. The aim of this study was to determine the existence of cardiac complications' clinical predictors by assessing certain electrocardiographic changes in patients with acute ischemic brain disease (AIBD). Forty patients with AIBD, without previous coronary disease history were included in the study. All patients underwent 24 hour Holter monitoring during first 48 hours after the onset of AIBD which was diagnosed by computerized brain tomography. ECG-s were analyzed by computer and interpreted by the same cardiologist. Independent variables in statistical analyses were: age, AIBD, cardiological therapy atherosclerosis risk factors, heart disease history, degree of severity and lateralization of neurological incident and maximal arterial blood pressure values. Dependent variables were: presence/absence of ST depression and presence/absence of ventricular arrhythmias (VA). All parameters as well as their interreaction, were statistically analyzed. Results point that age and side of neurological incident present independent important predictive factors for appearance of ST depression, as well as simultaneous heart ischemia, while the same parameters have border value as predictive factors for VA.
authors.affiliation: Military Medical Academy, Clinic of Neurology, Belgrade.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raicević
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jovicic
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tavcioski
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dordević
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krgović
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male