PMID- 2795966
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19891030
LR  - 20190828
IS  - 0300-9173 (Print)
IS  - 0300-9173 (Linking)
VI  - 26
IP  - 2
DP  - 1989 Mar
TI  - [Arrhythmia in patients with cerebral infarction evaluated by Holter ECG].
PG  - 153-9
AB  - In the present study, Holter ECG (24 hours continuous monitoring) was applied for 
      detection of arrhythmia in patients with cerebral infarction to elucidate the 
      relationship between arrhythmias and types of cerebral infarction. The subjects 
      were 111 patients (80 males and 31 females) with cerebral infarction who were 
      admitted to our institution during the acute stage. Their average age was 65.4 
      years old. They were divided into the following three groups: Group L; patients 
      having a large low density area on CT including the cortex, group S; those having 
      a small low density area in the basal ganglia, and group N; those having no low 
      density area on CT. Holter ECG was taken at least three weeks after onset in all 
      cases. Fourteen of them were also examined in the acute stage, and these findings 
      were compared with those taken in the chronic stage. Three Holter ECGs recorded 
      incidentally before the onset of stroke were used for comparison. Based on the 
      basic rhythms recorded on the Holter ECG, the subjects were divided into sinus 
      rhythm and atrial fibrillation cases. The total number of ventricular premature 
      contractions (VPCs), were determined in each case. There was little difference in 
      the number of total VPCs among the records taken in the pre-onset, acute and 
      chronic stages. There also was no relation between the total number of VPCs and 
      the age, history of hypertension, and the site of infarction on CT. There was no 
      consistent relationship between the total number of VPCs in cases with atrial 
      fibrillation and CT findings.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
FAU - Akashi, N
AU  - Akashi N
LA  - jpn
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Japan
TA  - Nihon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi
JT  - Nihon Ronen Igakkai zasshi. Japanese journal of geriatrics
JID - 7507332
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Arrhythmias, Cardiac/etiology/*physiopathology
MH  - Cerebral Infarction/*complications
MH  - *Electrocardiography
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Monitoring, Physiologic
EDAT- 1989/03/01 00:00
MHDA- 1989/03/01 00:01
CRDT- 1989/03/01 00:00
PHST- 1989/03/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1989/03/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1989/03/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.3143/geriatrics.26.153 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Nihon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. 1989 Mar;26(2):153-9. doi: 10.3143/geriatrics.26.153.