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Pseudoatrial Flutter: Artifact Simulating Atrial Flutter Caused by a Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator (TENS)
Author(s) -
WEITZ STEVEN H.,
TUNICK PAUL A.,
McELHINNEY LILLIAN,
MITCHELL TERESA,
KRONZON ITZHAK
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb05478.x
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial flutter , artifact (error) , transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation , flutter , nerve stimulator , cardiology , atrial fibrillation , anesthesia , neuroscience , alternative medicine , pathology , engineering , aerodynamics , biology , aerospace engineering
A patient with previous actual atrial flutter had what appeared to be atrial flutter seen on Holter monitoring during treatment with a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) unit. This proved to be artifact caused by the unit rather than a true arrhythmia. The artifact was reproduced in a normal volunteer by application of a TENS unit.