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Age and Ageing 2005 34(4):410-411; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi097
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© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oupjournals.org

Case Report

Parkinson’s tremor mimicking ventricular tachycardia

Lokpal Bhatia1 and Delphine R. Turner2

1 5 The Windmills, Broomfield, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 7HL, UK
2 Westfield, Mid-Essex Hospitals NHS Trust, Court Road, Broomfield, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 7ET, UK

Address correspondence to L. Bhatia. Fax: (+44) 0124 551 6821. Email: lokebhatia{at}aol.com

We report the case of an elderly lady with Parkinson’s tremor whose electrocardiographic (ECG) appearance simulated ventricular tachycardia. As a result she underwent unnecessary clinical intervention. We also highlight the difficulty in correctly identifying a tremor–induced ECG artefact with regard to Parkinson’s disease, due to the diverse range of possible clinical scenarios presented by patients with this condition.

Keywords: ventricular tachycardia, electrocardiograph, tremor, Parkinson’selderly, elderly

Received July 22, 2004; Revision received December 29, 2004. accepted in revised form December 29, 2004.


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