title: Pseudo-atrial flutter/fibrillation in Parkinson's disease.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Prabhavathi
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Ravindranath
authors.forename: Nagaraja
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Moorthy
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Manjunath
mesh_terms: 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*