Pseudo-atrial flutter/fibrillation in Parkinson's disease.
We report a case of an elderly male with Parkinson's tremor whose electrocardiogram (ECG) simulated atrial flutter/fibrillation. We also highlight the difficulty in correctly identifying a tremor-induced ECG artifacts due to the diverse range of possible electrocardiographic patterns presented by patients with this condition.
Prabhavathi
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Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology, Bangalore, India.
Ravindranath
K S
KS
Moorthy
Nagaraja
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Manjunath
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D000368:Aged; D016477:Artifacts; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*