Prolonged and fluctuating giant T-wave inversion after electroconvulsive therapy

Journal of ECT

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 194-197

  Ito, Masanobu ^a   Hatta, Kotaro ^a   Miyakawa, Koichi ^a   Miyauchi, Katsumi ^a   Arai, Heii ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular side effect; Catecholamine induced cardiomyopathy; Electroconvulsive therapy; Pain; T wave inversion

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; LANDIOLOL; NICARDIPINE; NIFEDIPINE;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CHOLELITHIASIS; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL STRESS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; T WAVE INVERSION;

AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; PAIN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548420582     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e31806ad234     Document Type: Article

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