The aim of the present study was to assess the prognostic value of ECG voltages at baseline and their serial changes during follow-up in a large prospective study with standardized follow-up and strictly defined end points. Patients who were 60 years old or older, with systolic blood pressure of 160 to 219 mm Hg and diastolic pressure <95 mm Hg, were randomized into the double-blind placebo-con...

A patient with tricuspid atresia and characteristic electrocardiographic features of counterclockwise and superiorly oriented frontal plane QRS loop (left anterior hemiblock) is presented. Operative intervention resulted in a clockwise and inferior rotation of the frontal QRS loop (left posterior hemiblock) without the development of complete left bundle branch block. This observation suggests ...

The vaccination used for the prevention of COVID-19 could unmask patients with hidden Brugada syndrome even without febrile episodes. We described a case unmasking or in female patient after COVID-19. A possible relationship sudden death events requires further study. In people known their relatives, we recommend serial electrocardiographic monitoring administration dose.

BACKGROUND The role of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in the evaluation of acute stroke patients is still ill-defined. We conducted a prospective observational study to find the prevalence of TEE findings that indicate anticoagulation as beneficial, in acute ischemic stroke patients without indication for anticoagulation based on clinical, electrocardiographic and transthoracic echocard...

The Food and Drug Administration recently warned of the fatal cardiovascular risks of azithromycin in humans. In addition, a recently published study documented azithromycin-induced cardiotoxicity in rats. This study aimed to justify the exact cardiovascular events accompanying azithromycin administration in rats, focusing on electrocardiographic, biochemical, and histopathological changes. In ...

A NUMBER of reports on normal ranges of corrected orthogonal electrocardiographic measurements have appeared in the literature.'-12 They were derived, however, from limited numbers of subjects and the types of electrocardiographic and vectorcardiographic measurements varied largely from one study to another. The reported results are therefore not always strictly comparable. In spite of these li...

BACKGROUND Chronic infection by Trypanosoma cruzi could cause heart conduction disturbances. We sought to analyze electrocardiographic abnormalities among children with chronic T. cruzi infection with and without trypanocidal treatment with benznidazole. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We studied 111 children 6-16 years of age with asymptomatic chronic T. cruzi infection who were recruited in ...

The Brugada disease, the last clinico-cardiologic entity described in the 20th century, initially called right bundle branch block syndrome with ST segment elevation from V1 to V2 or V3 and sudden cardiac death, is genetically determined in a dominant autosomal mode, and it affects the alpha subunit of the Na+ channel by alteration of chromosome 3 and mutation in the SCN5A gene. In clinical dia...