Syed Muhammad Usman Shah, Khan Zunaira, Zulfiqar Arif, Basham Maleeha Ali, Abdul Haseeb Hafiz, Azizullah Saad, Ismail Hebatalla, Elbahnasawy Mohammad, Nadeem Zubia, Karimi Sundas
Internal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PAK.
Accident and Emergency, Kingston Hospital, London, GBR.
Cureus. 2021 Sep 24;13(9):e18246. doi: 10.7759/cureus.18246. eCollection 2021 Sep.
Introduction Spinal cord injury (SCI) can lead to severe disability and neurogenic shock, arrhythmias, autonomic dysfunction, pressure ulcers, etc., of the autonomic nervous system. Therefore, in these patients, cardiovascular problems should be investigated frequently. This study was conducted to evaluate the electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities in patients with spinal cord injury having inappropriate lipid profiles and their relationship with each other. Materials and methods This cross-sectional study was held in the Internal Medicine Department of Mayo Hospital, Lahore, for a one-year duration from May 2020 to May 2021. It included 58 patients with spinal cord injury, 35 of whom had paraplegia, and 23 had tetraplegia. Fasting blood samples were taken for lipid profile analysis. Twelve-lead ECGs three times a day for one month were taken and analyzed in the context of previously available ECGs. Results Out of 58, the lipid profiles were found abnormal in 47 patients, 18 of whom had a normal ECG. The lipid profile was normal in 12, of which only one patient had ECG abnormalities. Cholesterol levels were found normal in 39 patients and deranged in 19 patients; low-density lipoproteins in nine patients, triglycerides in 18 patients, and high-density lipoprotein values in one patient were abnormal. Conclusions Sinus bradycardia was the most common ECG abnormality found in SCI patients with deranged lipid profiles. Further studies are needed in the future to validate the findings of this study.
引言 脊髓损伤(SCI)可导致严重残疾以及自主神经系统的神经源性休克、心律失常、自主神经功能障碍、压疮等。因此,对于这些患者,应经常对心血管问题进行检查。本研究旨在评估脂质谱异常的脊髓损伤患者的心电图(ECG)异常情况及其相互关系。
材料与方法 本横断面研究于2020年5月至2021年5月在拉合尔梅奥医院内科进行,为期一年。研究纳入了58例脊髓损伤患者,其中35例为截瘫患者,23例为四肢瘫患者。采集空腹血样进行脂质谱分析。在一个月内,每天三次采集十二导联心电图,并结合既往可用的心电图进行分析。
结果 在58例患者中,47例患者的脂质谱异常,其中18例心电图正常。12例患者的脂质谱正常,其中只有1例患者有心电图异常。39例患者胆固醇水平正常,19例患者胆固醇水平紊乱;9例患者低密度脂蛋白、18例患者甘油三酯以及1例患者高密度脂蛋白值异常。
结论 窦性心动过缓是脂质谱紊乱的脊髓损伤患者中最常见的心电图异常。未来需要进一步研究以验证本研究结果。