Introduction: Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) are widely used in psychiatric and medical conditions and are a major cause of drug overdoses and fatal poisonings in many contries. Sodium bicarbonate administration is widely recommended as the first line treatment in TCAs intoxication but the best method of its administration has not been yet established therefore, we decided to compare the ef...

Cardiac disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Cardiovascular diseases can be prevented if an effective diagnostic made at initial stages. The ECG test referred to as assistant tool for screening cardiac disorder. research purposes a disorder detection system from 12-lead-based Images. healthcare institutes used various equipment that present results in nonuniform formats images. stud...

Stress-induced abnormalities of regional left ventricular wall motion were assessed by cardiokymography (CKG) during the course of maximal treadmill exercise tests in 157 patients, of whom 122 subsequently underwent coronary angiography. Seventy patients had significant angiographic coronary artery disease and 52 were normal. Forty-one of the 70 patients developed >0.1 mV ST-segment depression ...

October 2002 PACE, Vol. 25, No. 10 A 23-year-old man with diabetes presented to the emergency department complaining of nausea, vomiting, and fatigue. The physical exam was notable only for a fever. A 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) was obtained (Fig. 1). A second ECG was recorded 5 minutes later and is shown in Figure 2. An echocardiogram revealed normal left ventricular function, with no wall...

ABSTRACT PRESENTATION An abstract, including parts of the results, has been presented at an oral session at the European Respiratory Society International Conference, London, UK, September 2016. BACKGROUND Cardiovascular comorbidity contributes to increased mortality among subjects with COPD. However, the prognostic value of ECG abnormalities in COPD has rarely been studied in population-base...

OBJECTIVE The electrocardiogram (ECG) is an important, available, and inexpensive diagnostic tool to assess cardiac symptoms. Few studies address the prevalence of ECG abnormalities or changes of a normal tracing in ECG in outpatients. Our objective was to evaluate ECGs of adult outpatients to determine whether changes from a normal tracing could disclose the patients' cardiovascular health sta...

Stress-induced abnormalities of regional left ventricular wall motion were assessed by cardiokymography (CKG) during the course of maximal treadmill exercise tests in 157 patients, of whom 122 subsequently underwent coronary angiography. Seventy patients had significant angiographic coronary artery disease and 52 were normal. Forty-one of the 70 patients developed greater than 0.1 mV ST-segment...

Electrocardiograph (ECG) interpretation is a complex subject that requires considerable experience. However, an understanding of the principles underlying generation of the ECG can make this learning process easier. This knowledge is necessary if interpretation is to be founded on understanding rather than being a pattern recognition-based process. The aim of this article is to introduce the pr...

In this paper we present the use of the Continuous Wavelet Transform and the subsequent energy distribution derived from the transform of Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals to analyse atrial electrical activity. The atrium produces a low amplitude wave in the ECG, which can often be overwhelmed by noise making it difficult to analyse by eye and therefore limiting the P wave as an indicator in card...