Cor Vasa 2007, 49(5):183-187 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2007.067

Cardiovascular manifestations and ECG findings in hypothermia.

Pavol Brunclík1, Juraj Payer1, Zdenko Vlček2, Aktham Yaghi2
1 V. interná klinika
2 Klinika akútnej a intenzívnej medicíny, Lekárska fakulta Univerzity Komenského a Fakultná nemocnica s poliklinikou, Bratislava, pracovisko Ružinov, Slovenská republika

The authors report the first cases in Slovakia of ECG-documented Osborne wave associated with hypothermia. They present a review of Osborne wave definitions in the literature and discuss its clinical significance in various clinical settings. They explain the cellular and ionic mechanisms underlying the development of J-wave elevation, and the electrophysiological, ECG, and cardiovascular changes caused by hypothermia.

Keywords: Hypothermia; Osborne wave; J-wave elevation

Published: May 1, 2007  Show citation

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Brunclík P, Payer J, Vlček Z, Yaghi A. Cardiovascular manifestations and ECG findings in hypothermia. Cor Vasa. 2007;49(5):183-187. doi: 10.33678/cor.2007.067.
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