EFFECTS OF ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY ON CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

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Journal Med J Armed Forces India

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2017 Aug 4

PMID 28769237

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Authors

S Chaudhary

S S Rajuria

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Abstract

Effects of electroconvulsive therapy on the pulse rate, blood pressure and electrocardiogram were studied in forty consecutive physically healthy inpatients undergoing ECT for their psychiatric disabilities. Tachycardia and elevated blood pressure occurred frequently. Sinus arrhythmias, atrial and ventricular premature beats and minor ST-T changes were also observed. All these changes reversed within thirty minutes.

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