Electrocardiographic changes in patients with acute cerebrovascular stroke and their prognostic importance

Abstract

Cerebrovascular stroke is a major public health concern and a leading cause of death worldwide. Complications after CVS can worsen neurologic and patient outcomes. Patients with CVS may have a variety of electrocardiographic changes which may be disturbance of rate , rhythm , P wave , QRS complex , PR interval , T wave , ST segment , QT interval or ischemic like changes. Early ECG may serve as an inexpensive test to screen for cardiac dysfunction prior to ordering more expensive and potentially more invasive testing. So, ECG should be a mandatory investigation for all patients with CVS. We were aiming in our study To determine if there are ECG changes with CVS and if these changes are related prognosis. In our study we found that ECG changes on admission are statistically significant but certain types of ECG changes were not correlated with outcome. Further studies are required to more clarify the connection between these ECG abnormalities and CVS