Journal article
Transient Cardiac Dysfunction Following a Cerebrovascular Accident
Curēus (Palo Alto, CA), v 13(6), 16023
29 Jun 2021
PMID: 34239799
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Abstract
Acute cerebral injuries are often accompanied by sudden electrocardiogram (ECG) changes such as cardiac arrhythmias, QT prolongation, and abnormal T-wave morphology. One rare phenomenon is “cerebral T-waves”, which are T-waves observed in the context of stroke and described as transient, symmetric, and deeply inverted. The classic cerebral T wave is defined as a T-wave inversion of ≥5 mm depth in at least four contiguous precordial leads, and it is more commonly observed in the setting of acute ischemic stroke rather than hemorrhagic stroke. We describe the case of a patient who initially presented with acute pulmonary edema, T-wave inversions in the precordial leads, and left ventricular dysfunction on echocardiogram raising suspicion of an ischemic cardiac event. However, a brain CT scan performed on the third day of admission proved us wrong.
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- Title
- Transient Cardiac Dysfunction Following a Cerebrovascular Accident
- Creators
- Steven Hamilton - Jersey Shore University Medical CenterRana A Tauseen - Saint Francis Medical CenterSara L Wallach - Saint Francis Medical CenterAdam C Kaplan - Saint Francis Medical Center
- Publication Details
- Curēus (Palo Alto, CA), v 13(6), 16023
- Publisher
- Cureus
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- General Internal Medicine
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000668296300015
- Other Identifier
- 991021962195004721
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