An elderly woman fell and had an ECG recorded:
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| What are all these spikes? They can’t be anything but artifact, but from what?? |
These are typical spikes for nerve stimulators. In this case, the woman did not remember that she has a bladder stimulator for neurogenic bladder, but deep chart review found that this is the case.
ECG artifact of bladder stimulators has been reported in the Journal of Electrocardiology:
