Transient ST elevation after transthoracic cardioversion in patients with hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachyarrhythmia.
The significance of ST-segment elevation after resuscitation from arrhythmias not associated with ischemia was examined in a group of patients who received transthoracic shocks for hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachyarrhythmias during electrophysiologic studies. ST-segment elevation was seen in 15.4%, was transient, and was not associated with clinical evidence of myocardial infarction.
Kok
L C
LC
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville 22908, USA.
Mitchell
M A
MA
Haines
D E
DE
Mounsey
J P
JP
DiMarco
J P
JP
D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000379:methods*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D013909:Thorax; D016896:Treatment Outcome