Back pain electrocardiogram
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Zehra Malik, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Patients with atypical back pain should undergo an ECG to rule out or investigate life threatening causes of back pain such as thoracic aortic dissection, myocardial ischemia.
Electrocardiogram
- Patients with atypical back pain should undergo an ECG to rule out or investigate life threatening causes of back pain such as thoracic aortic dissection, myocardial ischemia.[1]
- Patients with Löffler’s endocarditis could dyspnea and back pain. ECG could demonstrate ST-segment depression.[2]
References
- ↑ Foreman RD, Garrett KM, Blair RW (2015). “Mechanisms of cardiac pain”. Compr Physiol. 5 (2): 929–60. doi:10.1002/cphy.c140032. PMID 25880519.
- ↑ Maruyoshi H, Nakatani S, Yasumura Y, Hanatani A, Yamaguchi T, Yutani C; et al. (2003). “Löffler’s endocarditis associated with unusual ECG change mimicking posterior myocardial infarction”. Heart Vessels. 18 (1): 43–6. doi:10.1007/s003800300007. PMID 12644881.
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