A non-cardiac cause of an abnormal ECG
Abdulhadi, M.; Alfitori, G.; Mennim, P.
Acute Medicine 8(2): 70-72
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 1747-4884 PMID: 21603672 Document Number: 10560
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.
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