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
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
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
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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