Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia
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Arq. Bras. Cardiol. · Aug 2002
Electrocardiographic and blood pressure alterations during electroconvulsive therapy in young adults.
To study cardiovascular alterations in young patients with no apparent organic disease who underwent electroconvulsive therapy. ⋯ 1) Electroconvulsive therapy is a safe therapeutic modality in psychiatry; 2) it causes a significant increase in blood pressure and heart rate; 3) it may be associated with myocardial ischemia in the absence of coronary obstructive disease; 4) electroconvulsive therapy was not associated with the occurrence of severe cardiac arrhythmias.