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Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura electrocardiogram

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sogand Goudarzi, MD [2]

Overview

An ECG may be helpful in the diagnosis of TTP. Findings on an ECG suggestive of TTP include clinical symptoms, ECG changes and echocardiograms. are poor predictors of cardiac disease in acute TTP.

Electrocardiogram

An ECG may be helpful in the diagnosis of TTP. Findings on an ECG suggestive acute TTP[1]

References

  1. Hughes C, McEwan JR, Longair I, Hughes S, Cohen H, Machin S, Scully M (April 2009). “Cardiac involvement in acute thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: association with troponin T and IgG antibodies to ADAMTS 13”. J. Thromb. Haemost. 7 (4): 529–36. doi:10.1111/j.1538-7836.2009.03285.x. PMID 19175494.

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