When the heart remembers.
We present a 61-year-old patient who showed deep T wave inversion on her electrocardiogram (ECG) after cardioversion of her atrial flutter to sinus rhythm. A cardiac catheterization showed normal coronary arteries. The T wave inversion on her ECG is thought to be due to a cardiac memory phenomenon. Cardiac memory is a phenomenon that appears with T wave inversion on ECG after a change in the activation sequence of the heart. It may mimic cardiac ischemia and may mask any condition that appears with T wave abnormality on the ECG.
Sovari
Ali A
AA
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Illinois, COM-UC, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. alizadeh@uiuc.edu
Farokhi
Farhad
F
D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D004554:Electric Countershock; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged