Electrocardiogram, Vectocardiogram and Body Surface Maps in Patients with Panic Disorder

Title:

Electrocardiogram, Vectocardiogram and Body Surface Maps in Patients with Panic Disorder

Creator:

Klára Semerádová, Ivo Paclt, Jaroslav Slavíček, Otomar Kittnar, Alena Dohnalová, and Eva Kitzlerová

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:c254195e-2e29-48bd-bad6-09fee4631737
uuid:c254195e-2e29-48bd-bad6-09fee4631737
issn:0862-8408

Subject:

Fyziologie člověka a srovnávací fyziologie, fyziologie člověka, human physiology, Panic disorder, ECG, VCG, Body surface maps, 14, and 612

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Description:

An increased risk of myocardial ischemic changes was demonstrated in patients suffering from panic disorder (PD). Using classical ECG methods, this risk cannot be evaluated in most patients. We measured the vectocardiogram (VCG) using Frank orthogonal leads and body surface maps (BSM) including 12-lead ECG. In our study of 11 PD patients (2 men, 9 women), without any seizures and pharmacological treatment and without cardiovascular symptoms, we found marked sinus tachycardia (heart rate 90.1±12.2 min-1) and a shorter R-R interval (678±93.6 ms) than in 27 controls (heart rate 73.6±7.7min-1, R-R 822.7±86.4 ms) (5 men, 22 women) (p<0.001). The VCG measured spatial QRS-STT angle was more opened (70.3±24.5°) than in the control group (49.5±19.5°) (p<0.05). The maximum (extremum) in depolarization (DIAM max 30, 40) and repolarization (RIAM max 35) of body surface isoarea and isointegral (RIIM max) maps was less positive (p<0.001) and the minimum (DIAM min 40) was less negative than in the controls (p<0.05) even in the period free of a panic attack. Our results showed the changes in the heart electric field parameters occurred in PD patients when compared to the control group., K. Pišvejcová, I. Paclt, J. Slavíček, O. Kittnar, A. Dohnalová, E. Kitzlerová., and Obsahuje bibliografii

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Source:

Physiological research | 2002 Volume:51 | Number:4

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