Abstract

s of selected papers presented to the Obstetric Anaesthetists Association meeting in Newcastle, 19 April 1991 ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CHANGES DURING CAESAREAN SECTION UNDER REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA A. J. McLintic, S. Lilley*, S. D. Pringle**, A. B. Houston*, J. Thorburn Department of Anaesthesia, Queen Mothers Hospital, Glasgow. *Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow. **Department of Medical Cardiology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK. tally stable and symptom free and there was normalisation of any ECG abnormality. Significant ST segment depression was deemed to be 2 0.1 mv at 0.08 s after the J point. Echocardiograms were reported by a cardiologist who was unaware of the ECG details. Normal systolic wall motion was deemed to have occurred if a radius from the centre of the left ventricle shortened by 30% with uniform wall thickening.

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