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INTRA‐AORTIC BALLOON ECG ARTEFACT
Author(s) -
ADAMS P. C.,
NICHOLSON M. R.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1984.tb03584.x
Subject(s) - medicine , balloon , cardiology , electrocardiography , balloon catheter
Abstract: Patients undergoing intra‐aortic balloon counter pulsation (IABP) for acute life threatening cardiac disease usually have abnormal electrocardiograms (ECGs) and are prone to arrhythmias and conduction disturbances. We report a patient in whom movement of the electrocardiographic lead to the left leg by the balloon catheter caused artefact simulating a conduction disturbance and arrhythmia.