title: J-wave formation in patients with acute intracranial hypertension.
abstract: Various electrocardiographic changes are found in patients with increased intracranial pressure. The most common findings are sinus bradycardia, QT prolongation, ST-segment changes, and T- or U-wave abnormalities. The presence of J wave is reported rarely. We describe 3 patients with increased intracranial pressure caused by different cerebral pathologies accompanied by the dynamic formation of J waves in time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology-Intensive Therapy, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-355 Poznan, Poland. aamille@wp.pl
authors.forename: Agata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Milewska
authors.forename: Przemyslaw
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guzik
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rudzka
authors.forename: Rafal
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baranowski
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jankowski
authors.forename: Stanislaw
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nowak
authors.forename: Henryk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wysocki
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged