Abstract
Abnormalities of the electrocardiogram are extremely useful for the diagnosis of heart disease, but they may also occur in non-cardiac conditions. The electrocardiographic abnormalities that have been described in neurological diseases are among the most striking deviations from normal. We describe a patient with an intracranial space occupying lesion (pilocytic astrocytoma) who exhibited electrocardiographic changes suggestive of acute coronary syndrome at the time of presentation with syncope.
[download-attachments container="div" style="list" dipslay_icon="1" display_count="1" display__size="0"]
References
- Van Meighem C, Sebbe M, Knockaert D. The Clinical Value of the ECG in Noncardiac conditions. Chest 2004; 125: 1561–1576.
- Koepp M, Kern A, Schmidt D. Electrocardiographic changes in patients with brain tumors. Arch Neurol 1995; 52: 152–155.
- Valeriano J, Elson J. Electrocardiographic changes in central nervous system disease. Neurol Clin 1993; 11: 257–272.
- Oppenheimer SM, Cechetto DF, Hachinski VC.Cerebrogenic cardiac arrythmias: Cerebral cardiographic influences and their role in sudden death. Arch Neurol.1990; 47: 513–519.
- Raymond T et al.The Insula and Cerebrogenic sudden death. Arch Neurol.2000; 57: 1685–1688.
- Herch C.Electrocardiographic changes in subarachnoid haemorrhage, meningitis, and intracranial space-occupying lesions. Brit Heart J 1964; 26: 785–793
- Conner RCR.Heart damage associated with intracranial lesions. BMJ 1968; 3: 29–31.
- DeAngelis LM. Brain Tumors. N Engl J Med 2001; 344: 114.
- Stieber, VW. Low-grade gliomas. Curr Treat Options Oncol. 2001; 2: 495–506.
Request Permissions
To request copyright permission to republish or share portions of our works, please visit Copyright Clearance Center’s (CCC) Marketplace website by clicking the button below:
