STROKE;

ELECTOCARDIOGRAPHIC CHANGES

Authors

  • MUHAMMAD AFTAB AKBAR Nishtar Hospital. Multan.
  • MONA MUNIR AWAN Nishtar Hospital. Multan.
  • SYED AFTAB HAIDER Nishtar Hospital. Multan
  • Ghulam Mohy-Ud-Din Choudhry Nishtar Hospital. Multan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29309/TPMJ/2008.15.01.2703

Keywords:

ECG, CT scan, QTc interval.

Abstract

Objective: (1) To finding the frequency of various electrocardiographic abnormalities in sufferers of
acute stroke (2) Comparing the ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in this perspective. Study design: Observational.
Place and duration of study: Emergency department of Nishtar Hospital, Multan from April 2003 to August 2005.
Patients and methods: Two hundred patients of acute stroke who presented within 48 hours of the onset of
neurological symptoms, were included in the study, irrespective of the comorbid conditions like hypertension, diabetes
mellitus, valvular heart disease, coronary artery disease and cardiomyopathy. Results: Majority of the patients had
ischemic stroke. ECG changes due to variation in heart rate, rhythm ischemia, QTc prolongation and left ventricular
hypertrophy were frequent findings in sufferes of acute stroke. Except atrial fibrillation and left ventricular hypertrophy
these changes were more or less similar in two types of stroke. Conclusion: A variety of electrocardiographic
abnormalities can be found in sufferers of acute stroke. Except atrial fibrillation and left ventricular hypertrophy, there
frequency is more or less similar whatever the type of stroke may be.

Author Biographies

MUHAMMAD AFTAB AKBAR, Nishtar Hospital. Multan.

MBBS, FCPS
Senior Registrar Medicine

MONA MUNIR AWAN, Nishtar Hospital. Multan.

Deputy Medical Superintendent

SYED AFTAB HAIDER, Nishtar Hospital. Multan

MBBS, DA, FCPS
Senior Registrar Anaesthesia & ICU,

Ghulam Mohy-Ud-Din Choudhry, Nishtar Hospital. Multan

MBBS, FCPS
Professor of Medicine,

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Published

2008-03-10