Why the study?
Does electroconvulsive therapy induce ECG changes and simultaneous regional wall motion abnormalities indicative of myocardial ischemia in patients with depression?
Population
11 patients undergoing electroconvulsive therapy for depression, all with normal baseline echocardiograms.
Comparison
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) vs Baseline (pre-ECT)
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
Immediately after ECT
Authors
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ECT-associated wall motion abnormalities may indicate transient demand ischemia without morbidity; hypothesis-generating and should not change practice.
Does electroconvulsive therapy induce ECG changes and simultaneous regional wall motion abnormalities indicative of myocardial ischemia in patients with depression?
ECT may induce transient ECG changes and regional wall motion abnormalities suggestive of demand myocardial ischemia, though without immediate clinical cardiac morbidity in this small cohort.
Messina et al. (1992) studied this question.