2. PRESENTATION
• A 73 YEAR OLD MALE CAME WITH
COMPLAINTS OF DIFFICULTY IN USING LEFT
UPPER LIMB AND LOWER LIMB SINCE
MORNING. A KNOWN DIABETIC AND
HYPERTENSIVE.
• O/E PR - 64/MIN, BP - 160/100 MM HG,
GCS -8/15 CNS - LEFT HEMIPLEGIA.
• ECG WAS TAKEN FOR THE PATIENT WHICH
SHOWED,
3.
4. INTERPRETATION
• NORMAL SINUS RHYTHM
• RATE - 75/MIN
• P WAVE - NORMAL MORPHOLOGY, REDUCED
VOLTAGE IN LIMB LEADS
• PR INTERVAL NORMAL
• QRS COMPLEX NORMAL MORPHOLOGY, LOW
VOLTAGE IN LIMB LEADS
• QT INTERVAL PROLONGED - 500MS AND DEEP
ANTEROLATERAL T WAVE INVERSIONS (CAN BE DUE
TO CNS INVOLVEMENT OR MYOCARDIAL
ISCHEMIA).
5. DISCUSSION
• ECG FINDINGS OF ACUTE CNS DISORDERS
INCLUDE:
1. LARGE UPRIGHT T WAVES IN PRECORDIAL LEADS
2. INCREASED QRS VOLTAGE
3. DEEPLY INVERTED T WAVES IN PRECORDIAL
LEADS
4. PROLONGED QT INTERVAL
5. PROMINENT U WAVES IN PRECORDIAL LEADS
6. • OTHERS FINDINGS INCLUDE:
1. T WAVE NOTCHING
2. LOSS T WAVE AMPLITUDE
3. DIFFUSE ST SEGMENT ELEVATION
4. ABNORMAL Q WAVES
5. RHYTHM ABNORMALITIES LIKE AF, VT, SINUS
BRADYCARDIA OR TACHYCARDIA CAN
OCCUR.
7. • ECG CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE CNS
EVENTS CAN MIMIC -
1. ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
2. LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY
3. RIGHT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY
4. PERICARDITIS
5. ANTIARRHYTHMIC DRUG EFFCTS
9. ANSWER
• TRACINGS A, B AND C SHOW ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
WITH IRREGULARLY IRREGULAR RHYTHMS;
FIBRILLATORY WAVES OF VARYING AMPLITUDE AND
MORPHOLOGY; ABSENCE OF DISCRETE P WAVES.
• TRACING D SHOWS MAT. IT USUALLY PRESENTS
WITH ATRIAL RATE OF >100BPM, 3 OR MORE
DIFFERENT P WAVE MORPHOLOGIES, AND VARYING
PP AND PR INTERVAL. DEFINITE P WAVES AND
ATRIAL DEPOLARIZATIONS ARE NOTED WHICH ARE
NOT THERE IN A, B AND C.
