The EKG in the patient treated with phenytoin
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Electrocardiographic Findings
- QTc may be decreased
- In patients with heart disease, IV phenytoin may produce bradycardia, AV block, asystole, or ventricular fibrillation.
Additional resources
- ECGpedia: Course for interpretation of ECG
- The whole ECG - A basic ECG primer
- 12-lead ECG library
- Simulation tool to demonstrate and study the relation between the electric activity of the heart and the ECG
- ECG information from Children's Hospital Heart Center, Seattle
- ECG Challenge from the ACC D2B Initiative
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Diseases and Conditions Index
- A history of electrocardiography
- EKG Interpretations in infants and children