Continuous veno-venous hemodialysis pseudoflutter.
We report a case of an electrocardiographic artifact simulating atrial flutter in a patient undergoing continuous veno-venous hemodialysis. As end-stage renal disease and hemodialysis are associated with atrial tachyarrhythmias, physicians should be aware of the possibility of such artifacts induced by the dialysis equipment itself.
Kostis
William J
WJ
Department of Medicine, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0019, USA. kostiswj@umdnj.edu <kostiswj@umdnj.edu>
Cohen
Liliana
L
Dominiecki
Stephen M
SM
D000368:Aged; D016477:Artifacts; D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000295:instrumentation*