Electrocardiographic changes during induced therapeutic hypothermia in comatose survivors after cardiac arrest.

CONCLUSION: A 38.3% of patients had cardiac arrhythmias during TH but without life-threatening arrhythmias. A concern may rise when inducing TH to patients with long QT syndrome.
PMID: 26225204 [PubMed]

Source: World Journal of Cardiology - July 26, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Salinas P, Lopez-de-Sa E, Pena-Conde L, Viana-Tejedor A, Rey-Blas JR, Armada E, Lopez-Sendon JL Tags: World J Cardiol Source Type: research