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Introduction: The electrocardiogram (ECG) is a useful initial tool for the detection of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) despite its low sensitivity. However, there are no data in Colombian population on the behavior of the different electrocardiographic criteria. Materials and method: A cross-sectional study was carried out in two specialized cardiology centers in Medellín since 2011, where ECGs of 51 patients who met the inclusion criteria were analyzed. Six criteria were calculated, including the Peguero-Lo Presti, while LVH was defined based on two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography and M mode. Results: 18 patients with electrocardiographic criteria of LVH and confirmed with echocardiography were analyzed and were compared with 33 controls. LVH was found more frequently in older age, arterial hypertension (HTN) and chronic kidney disease. ROC curves were made determining that the best criteria for the electrocardiographic diagnosis of LVH identified by echocardiography is the Peguero-Lo Presti criteria (ROC: 0.81). The specificities of all the criteria were 81-93%, with no significant differences between them. Conclusion: The electrocardiographic criteria with the best diagnostic performance to identify LVH diagnosed by echocardiography is the Peguero-Lo Presti criteria, compared to the traditional criteria used in the evaluated population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introducción: Los individuos con hiperreación cardiovascular poseen un riesgo cinco veces superior de padecer hipertensión. En el contexto cubano no están descritos los cambios en la actividad eléctrica ventricular del electrocardiograma, durante la prueba isométrica del peso sostenido, y no se conoce si estos pueden estar influenciados por el grado de reactividad cardiovascular.Objetivo: Describir los parámetros de la actividad eléctrica ventricular en condiciones basales y durante el ejercicio isométrico, en adultos jóvenes de ambos sexos con diferente grado de reactividad cardiovascular.Métodos: La muestra estuvo constituida por 130 individuos de ambos sexos, y se dividió en dos grupos: Normorreactivos e hiperreactivos. A todos se les realizó un electrocardiograma digital en derivación DII; se utilizó el programa LabChart 8 en un polígrafo ADInstruments. Se estudiaron las siguientes variables: Complejo QRS, intervalo QT corregido (QTc), intervalo JT, intervalo Tpeak-Tend, amplitud del segmento ST y de la onda T en reposo, en el ejercicio isométrico y durante la recuperación.Resultados: Entre las mujeres normorreactivas e hiperreactivas se encontraron diferencias significativas en la amplitud de la onda T, tanto basales, durante el ejercicio isométrico, como en la recuperación. Entre los hombres de ambos grupos solo se encontraron diferencias significativas en el intervalo JT, durante el ejercicio.Conclusiones: Los cambios producidos en la regulación autonómica de la función cardíaca durante el ejercicio isométrico y la recuperación, se reflejaron en la actividad eléctrica ventricular en los individuos normorreactivos e hiperreactivos de ambos sexos, principalmente en el intervalo JT y la altura de la onda T.

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Presentamos el caso de una paciente que ingresó a emergencia por angina inestable, con electrocardiograma inicial sin signos de isquemia aguda y evolución clínica favorable. Durante la hospitalización desarrolló el patrón electrocardiográfico de Wellens, señalado en la literatura como un hallazgo infrecuente, poco identificado y de pronóstico ominoso. Este patrón electrocardiográfico se detalla en derivadas precordiales, sugiriendo una lesión significativa de una arteria epicárdica principal; la paciente tuvo alteraciones electrocardiográficas similares en las derivadas laterales altas, en quien se confirmó el compromiso de bifurcación coronaria no descrita previamente en este escenario.

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El infarto agudo de miocardio es la principal causa de muerte en el mundo, y el electrocardiograma sigue siendo la herramienta diagnóstica para determinar un infarto agudo de miocardio con elevación del segmento ST. A pesar de ello, solo la mitad de los pacientes presenta hallazgos clásicos en el electrocardiograma, compatibles con los criterios de infarto con elevación del ST. Existe un espectro de hallazgos electrocardiográficos que pueden reflejar un fenómeno de oclusión coronaria aguda, el cual debe ser prontamente reconocido por el clínico para ofrecer una terapia de reperfusión temprana.

Foundation: teaching of clinical electrocardiography during doctor´s training in Cuba has been characterized by the insufficient content treatment in the subjects of the curriculum, despite its importance for professional performance.Objective: to propose a curricular strategy for content treatment of clinical electrocardiography in the medical training program. Methods: the research was developed at the Cienfuegos University of Medical Science. The theoretical analysis allowed establishing the requirements for the treatment of electrocardiography as content of the training program. These requirements, together with the diagnosis which confirmed the potential offered by the curriculum of the medical degree to address the content, allowed the design of a curricular strategy oriented towards this objective.Results: the curricular strategy proposes a didactic clinical electrocardiography content sequencing in each year or cycle of the curriculum, modifying the role of the teacher and the student in its teaching-learning process, by granting a special connotation at the curricular level by mainstreaming this content treatment and the teaching tasks that students can solve throughout the career. Expert´s assessment allowed us to confirm the validity of the curricular strategy as its relevance, feasibility, sustainability and transferability were verified.Conclusions: the strategy presented will help to resolve the medical career curriculum insufficiency in terms of electrocardiography content.

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Introducción: el intervalo QTc prolongado predispone a arritmias graves. Diversos medicamentos, entre ellos los antirretrovirales, pueden prolongarlo. Los objetivos fueron determinar las características demográficas, clínicas y la frecuencia del intervalo QTc prolongado en pacientes con VIH. Métodos: estudio observacional, prospectivo, con grupo control. Se incluyeron varones y mujeres, mayores de 18 años, portadores de infección por VIH, que acudieron al Hospital Nacional (Itauguá, Paraguay) durante 2020. Actuaron como grupo control los estudiantes de Medicina. Se excluyeron todos los sujetos que no dieron su consentimiento y los portadores de arritmias. Se midieron variables demográficas, clínicas, laboratoriales y electrocardiograma de 12 canales en reposo. El estudio contó con la aprobación del Comité de Ética de la Universidad Privada del Este (Paraguay). Resultados: ingresaron al estudio 39 pacientes con VIH y 39 controles sanos. La edad media de los casos fue 37 ± 11 años, siendo 59% del sexo masculino. La comorbilidad más frecuente en los casos fue la obesidad (7,6%). Los valores medios de urea, creatinina, K, Ca y Mg en los casos se hallaban en rango normal. Se detectó 18% de QTc prolongado en casos y 0% en los controles. Estos sujetos con alteración electrocardiográfica se hallaban todos en tratamiento antirretroviral y antibiótico múltiple de conocida asociación con QTc prolongado. Conclusión: la frecuencia de QTc prolongado en pacientes con VIH fue del 18% y en controles sanos fue del 0%. Se recomienda el control periódico del electrocardiograma en pacientes con VIH en tratamiento con fármacos que prolongan el intervalo QT.

Pulmonary embolism takes place as a consequence of the migration of a thrombus towards the pulmonary vascular tree. Patients frequently report chest pain that can mimic an acute coronary syndrome. We present the case of a 57-year-old patient who came to the emergency department with acute chest pain and dyspnea. He was diagnosed as a non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome, due to the electrocardiographic changes that he presented at admission, but the echocardiographic findings showed increased pulmonary pressures, and the invasive coronary angiography, normal coronary arteries; therefore, a pulmonary angiography with multislice tomography was performed, which confirmed the diagnosis of bilateral pulmonary embolism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To evaluate left ventricular hypertrophy diagnosed with transthoracic echocardiography and its relationship with electrocardiographic changes. Methods: An analytical observational study was carried out in patients treated by the cardiology service at the General Hospital of Barranquilla MiRed IPS, from October 2020 to March 2021. Results: From a total of 111 patients, 63.1% (n = 70) were female, the mean age was 64.1 ± 11.8; 21.6% (n = 24) had hypercholesterolemia, 26.1% (n = 29) took 3-hour weekly walks, and 44.1% (n = 49) were obese. 90.1% (n = 100) received treatment, being losartan the most widely used with 52.3% (n = 58), 77.5% (n = 86) complied with the treatment, and 67.6 % (n = 75) showed normal creatinine values 0-1.0 mg / dL. A significant difference was established between the categories of the electrocardiographic patterns, 39.0% (n = 30) with left ventricular hypertrophy had poor R wave progression in V3 (p <0.000), and 67.6% (n = 67) of those who did not show ventricular hypertrophy left, had other electrocardiographic findings, (p <0.000). The patients with concentric hypertrophy pattern corresponded to 76.6% (n = 59), (p <0.000); in those with eccentric hypertrophy, 23,4% (n=18) had a positive Sokolow-Lyon index on electrocardiography. None of the electrocardiographic findings was sufficiently accurate in estimating left ventricular hypertrophy. Conclusion: Low sensitivity in the electrocardiographic indices for the diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy is reported in this study, with a great difference in its diagnostic power compared to echocardiogram. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Ondansetron belongs to a class of medications called 5HT3 receptor antagonists with antiemetic use indicated for the control of nausea induced by chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery. This medication has been associated with very few serious side effects. Currently, Ondansetron has been linked to cases of ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death. This case is of a 67-year-old male patient treated in the emergency department for a chronic hypokalemia, treated with fluid therapy, ranitidine, amlodipine, and ondansetron in a time of 20 minutes, after the administration of the latter, he presented with sudden death. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Fundamento: en la electrocardiografía es importante tener la habilidad de interpretar, además de confianza para lograr una definición certera en el diagnóstico y tratamiento. Objetivo: implementar un taller utilizando el aprendizaje basado en la simulación clínica para la interpretación del electrocardiograma. Métodos: se realizó un estudio de tipo descriptivo y longitudinal en la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, durante 2018. Se utilizaron métodos teóricos: análisis-síntesis e inducción–deducción; y empíricos: una encuesta y un examen de interpretación de electrocardiograma antes y después del taller aplicado. Resultados: en la evaluación sobre la identificación del electrocardiograma hubo una mejoría significativa posterior a la realización del taller en aspectos como: la interpretación del ritmo, del eje cardíaco, de ondas y en la asignación de diagnósticos en un menor tiempo según el postest. Se constató la diferencia de resultados tanto en confianza, aptitudes obtenidas, resolución de dudas y de aprendizaje reflexivo centrados en la génesis de cada aspecto del electrocardiograma, lo que permitió al equipo de trabajo ubicarlos como puntos clave en la adquisición de habilidades prácticas e intelectuales. Conclusiones: la implementación del taller permitió una mejoría significativa en las habilidades de los estudiantes para la interpretación del electrocardiograma, lo cual condicionó que se sintieran más confiados en sus apreciaciones; por lo que se evidenció la efectividad de su aplicación.

Introducción: Los esquemas de quimioterapia en el tratamiento de cáncer de mama incluyen Antraciclinas con una efectividad de respuesta alta, sin embargo en algunos casos el potencial efecto terapéutico se ve limitado por la Cardiomiopatía Inducida por Antraciclinas (CIPA). El objetivo del estudio fue establecer la prevalencia longitudinal de esta entidad. Métodos: Este estudio observacional, longitudinal fue realizado en el Instituto Oncológico Nacional “Dr. Juan Tanca Marengo” -SOLCA-Guayaquil. El período de exposición fue abril a diciembre del 2008. El período de observación terminó el 30 de junio del 2020. Incluyó mujeres >18 años con cáncer de mama, en tratamiento con antraciclinas, clasificadas por riesgo Cardiovascular de Framingham en Riesgo Bajo (A), riesgo moderado (B) y riesgo alto (C). Se midió las Alteraciones electrocardiográficas (AEKG) basales, a las 6 horas y a las 24 horas y desarrollo de CIPA en seguimiento a 12 años. La muestra fue no probabilística tipo censo. Se utiliza estadística descriptiva con Intervalo de confianza para proporciones. Resultados: Ingresaron al estudio 50 casos son AEKG. El desarrollo de AEKG a 6 horas en 18/50 casos (36% IC95% 34.1-37.9%), estas AEKG persistieron hasta las 24 horas. Las AEKG se presentaron en un 18.52% en mujeres con Riesgo A, 52.38% en Riesgo B y 100% en Riesgo C. El desarrollo de CIPA a 12 años fue de 3.57% (2.27-4.87%) en CIPA-Subaguda y de 7.14% (5.34-8.95% en CIPA crónica. CIPA Subaguda+ crónica 10.71% (8.55-12.88%). Conclusiones: En este estudio se concluye que los eventos de cardiotoxicidad aguda fueron detectados por cambios electrocardiográficos y que en el seguimiento a largo plazo fueron evidentes en un porcentaje un poco mayor a la reportada en la literatura internacional.

Introduction: chronic non-communicable diseases, including high blood pressure, affect the world's population, with direct influence on their quality of life. Objective: to characterize the clinical and imaging findings of hypertensive patients admitted to Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso General Teaching Hospital during the year 2016. Methods: an observational, descriptive, longitudinal and retrospective study was conducted in hypertensive patients. The sample consisted of 64 patients, who underwent complementary humoral examinations, electrocardiograms and echocardiographic studies. Descriptive statistics was used. Results: the age group between 60 and 69 years old (45,31 %) and male patients (56,25 %) predominated. In 59,37 % of the patients, the time of the evolution of the disease was not specified; and 78,12 % were in the third stage of the disease. Glomerular filtration decreased in 39,06 %, and 23,44 % showed elevated levels of creatinine. Left ventricular hypertrophy was the main electrocardiographic alteration, appearing in 50 % of the cases. Concentric and eccentric hypertrophies were the main echocardiographic alterations; each of them was present in 37,5 % of the patients. Conclusions: older male adults were prone to develop high blood pressure, who showed advanced stages of the disease. Increased of creatinine and decrease of glomerular filtration were common. Patients presented left ventricular hypertrophy as an electrocardiographic finding, with patterns of concentric and eccentric hypertrophies on the echocardiogram.

Antecedentes: El uso de medicamentos con potencial de prolongar el intervalo QT se incrementa con la edad y con las enfermedades cardíacas. Objetivo Identificar la prevalencia de prolongación del intervalo QT y los factores clínico- farmacológicos asociados entre personas adultas mayores residentes en centros geriátricos y gerontológicos de Cuenca en 2016. Métodos Estudio transversal en 363 personas adultas mayores de centros geriátricos y gerontológicos, cuyo centro tenía convenio con la entidad gubernamental; participantes con capacidades cognitivas intactas que hayan firmado el consentimiento informado; se excluyeron pacientes con marcapasos y diagnóstico de síndrome de QT prolongado congénito. Se trabajó en siete centros con poblaciones ponderadas y aleatorizadas, se aplicó un cuestionario previamente validado y se obtuvo un ECG mediante técnicas estandarizadas; el intervalo QT fue corregido mediante la fórmula de Bazett; para el análisis se empleó razones de prevalencia con IC 95% y p

Introduction: left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is defined as the increase in the thickness of the wall or the interventricular septal portion (or both). This entity represents an important risk factor that is related to the increase in mortality. Its diagnosis is based on voltage criteria that become visible on the is based on voltage criteria that become visible on the electrocardiogram, such as that the R-wave voltage criterion in lead aVL (RaVL). Objective: to evaluate the diagnostic utility of the R-wave voltage criterion in lead aVL (RaVL) for left ventricular hypertrophy. Methods: an observational, analytical and cross-sectional study was conducted, where 127 patients were studied. Clinical and electrocardiographic variables were studied. Results: left ventricular hypertrophy was identified by echocardiography in 69 % of patients. The voltage criterion of the R-wave in lead aVL (RaVL) had a low sensitivity (14,9 %), high specificity (92,5 %) and high positive predictive value (81,3%). The Odds ratio of the R-wave in lead aVL (RaVL) for concentric left ventricular hypertrophy was 0,85 while for the severe one it was 6,13. Conclusions: the voltage criterion of the R-wave voltage in lead aVL (RaVL) was more useful to confirm the cases that in reality present left ventricular hypertrophy and not to deny such existence, but not to discriminate between both types of left ventricular hypertrophy. This criterion is very useful to detect severe forms of this entity.

Introduction: the electrocardiographic study of cardiovascular diseases is part of the medical science syllabuses; and in many occasions it is difficult for students to understand it. Objective: to prepare a multimedia on clinical electrocardiography for medical science students. Method: a study based on technological innovation was carried out in the academic course 2017-2018, at Santiago de Cuba University of Medical Sciences. Different application software was used for multimedia development; as well as theoretical and empirical methods. A survey was applied to assess the quality and applicability to 120 third-year students and 30 professors. Results: 83,87 % of students were female; where the 60 % of professors were male, 46,67 % had between 6 and 10 years of experience as professors and 50 % hold the Master of Science degree. More than the 63 % of students and professors considered as good all the dimensions included. Only poor evaluations were given respect the applicability as a means to facilitate learning and consolidation of knowledge (6,67 %); and product functionality by professors (6,67 %); students evaluated as poor the update of the staff that made used of it (2,15 %), and product functionality (8,60 %). Conclusions: this multimedia is a useful tool in the teaching-learning process for the training of basic electrocardiography, since it provides professors with an auxiliary means and supplies updated information on cardiovascular diseases.

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Foundation: teaching of clinical electrocardiography during doctor's training in Cuba has been characterized by the insufficient content treatment in the subjects of the curriculum, despite its importance for professional performance. Objective: to propose a curricular strategy for content treatment of clinical electrocardiography in the medical training program. Methods: the research was developed at the Cienfuegos University of Medical Science. The theoretical analysis allowed establishing the requirements for the treatment of electrocardiography as content of the training program. These requirements, together with the diagnosis which confirmed the potential offered by the curriculum of the medical degree to address the content, allowed the design of a curricular strategy oriented towards this objective. Results: the curricular strategy proposes a didactic clinical electrocardiography content sequencing in each year or cycle of the curriculum, modifying the role of the teacher and the student in its teaching-learning process, by granting a special connotation at the curricular level by mainstreaming this content treatment and the teaching tasks that students can solve throughout the career. Expert's assessment allowed us to confirm the validity of the curricular strategy as its relevance, feasibility, sustainability and transferability were verified. Conclusions: the strategy presented will help to resolve the medical career curriculum insufficiency in terms of electrocardiography content. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the results of the preliminary research aimed at a complex psychophysiological assessment of the emotional state of football fans. The issue of mob violence and aggressive behavior of some football fans at football stadiums and the prevention of aggressive and destructive behavior of football spectators in the run up to the FIFA World Cup 2018 make this research relevant. The purpose of this study is to compare the emotional state of a football fan before and after teaching them conscious self-regulation methods and to evaluate the effectiveness of the application of complex psychophysiological diagnostics using the biofeedback device during the training session. The sample for this research is 19-27 year-old football fans with a fan experience from seven to ten years. During the experiment, we have modeled a situation at a football stadium via showing participants football-themed video clips that would persuade them to react in a positive or negative way. Afterwards, the participants were asked to fill in questionnaires, which are aimed at describing their emotional response and self-evaluating their behavior. This study has shown that there is a direct statistically proven connection between the emotional response of a football fan and their subjectively estimated settling time. Projective techniques such as the Hand Test of Edwin Wagner and a modified version of Lüscher Colour Test proposed by Liudmila Sobchik were used to indicate a steady decrease in affective ratio and emotional excitement of a group which was taught a self-regulation technique. The complex psychophysiological assessment of football fans, including the measurement of heart rate, galvanic skin responses, and a photoplethysmography has shown the photoplethysmography to be the most reliable method of indicating the directional change of an emotional state. As a result, it became clear that it is possible to use this technique to develop self-regulation skills using biofeedback. In conclusion, the prospects of the current research is in enlarging the sample in terms of quantity and age, including extra psychophysiological markers of emotional states in our methodology, and approving a method of a self-regulation via biofeedback based on the plethysmography. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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