Key result
Electroconvulsive therapy in healthy young adults caused a transient significant increase in blood pressure and heart rate, and ST depression in 3 of 47 patients, without severe cardiac arrhythmias.
Why the study?
Does electroconvulsive therapy cause cardiovascular alterations in healthy young adults?
Population
47 healthy young patients with no apparent organic disease, mean age 30.3 years, undergoing…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
24 hours
Authors
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Supports periprocedural hemodynamic monitoring during ECT in young adults without heart disease; leaves open confirmation in randomized trials.
Observational (n=47)
Does electroconvulsive therapy cause cardiovascular alterations in healthy young adults?
ECT is a safe therapeutic modality in young adults without organic heart disease, causing transient hemodynamic changes but no severe arrhythmias.
Rumi et al. (2002) conducted an observational in Psychiatric condition requiring electroconvulsive therapy (n=47). Electroconvulsive therapy was evaluated on Blood pressure, heart rate, arrhythmias, and ST segment alterations. Electroconvulsive therapy in healthy young adults caused a transient significant increase in blood pressure and heart rate, and ST depression in 3 of 47 patients, without severe cardiac arrhythmias.
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