Electrocardiographic artifacts during electroconvulsive therapy.
Electrocardiographic (ECG) artifacts occur with the use of internal or external monitoring and therapeutic devices. Other common cause of ECG artifact is patient's motion. Electrocardiographic artifact during electroconvulsive therapy is not reported in the literature. We report ECG artifacts due to 2 different mechanisms in the same patient.
Patel
Santosh I
SI
Trafford General Hospital, Urmston, UK. santpatel@gmail.com
D000328:Adult; D016477:Artifacts; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004597:Electroshock; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male