title: A non-cardiac cause of an abnormal ECG.
abstract: Abnormalities of the electrocardiogram are extremely useful for the diagnosis of heart disease, but they may also occur in non-cardiac conditions. The electrocardiographic abnormalities that have been described in neurological diseases are among the most striking deviations from normal. We describe a patient with an intracranial space occupying lesion (pilocytic astrocytoma) who exhibited electrocardiographic changes suggestive of acute coronary syndrome at the time of presentation with syncope.
authors: MRCP (UK) Specialty Registrar Acute Medicine Scarborough General Hospital Woodlands Drive, Scarborough YO12 6QL.
authors: Mohamed
authors: M
authors: Abdulhadi
authors: Gamal
authors: G
authors: Alfitori
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Mennim