Electrocardiographic artifact induced by an electrical stimulator implanted for management of neurogenic bladder.
Serial electrocardiograms (ECGs) obtained in a 79-year-old woman revealed consistently sharp regular high-voltage spikes, which were superimposed on her ECG curve, and which were caused by an implanted pelvic electrical stimulator used for the management of a neurogenic bladder, with symptoms of urinary urgency and incontinence.
Madias
John E
JE
Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the New York University and Division of Cardiology, Elmhurst Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA. madiasj@nychhc.org
D000368:Aged; D016477:Artifacts; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D001750:Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / Q000534:rehabilitation*