caa a22 4500 475787803 CHVBK 20180406123704.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s004149900087 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s004149900087 Electrocardiographic changes in ex-prisoners of war released from detention camps [Elektronische Daten] [N. Čorović, Z. Duraković, M. Zavalić, J. Zrinšćak] The aim of the study was to determine whether and to what extent changes in the electrocardiograms occurred in released prisoners of war (POWs) from Serbian detention camps and whether the frequency of occurrence differed from similar changes in a control group. An electrocardiogram was recorded and medical examinations conducted on 182 randomly selected ex-POWs. The subjects were male with a mean age of 35.8 ± 11.0 years, age range 18-65 years and the average length of imprisonment 164.5 ± 87.1 days. The electrocardiograms were analysed according to the Minnesota côde. The following changes were frequently found: postinfarction Q-wave in 3.3%, control 1.1% (not significant), ST-segment depression horizontal or descendent in 14.3% (controls 3.8%, P < 0.01), particularly S-T segment depression of up to 0.5 mm in 12.1% (controls 2.2%, (P < 0.01), total negative T-wave in 7.1% (control group 3.3%, not significant), total arrhythmia 18.1% (controls 7.1%, P < 0.01), particularly ventricular premature beats in 2.2% (controls 0.5%, not significant), incomplete left bundle-branch block 2.2% (not registered in the control group), complete left bundle-branch block in 0.5% (not registered in the control group), sinus tachycardia in 12.1% (controls 6.6%, not significant), sinus bradycardia 3.3% (not registered in the control group) and microvoltage QRS complex in 11.5% (controls 0.5%, P < 0.001). The results of this study confirm that changes in the electrocardiograms of the POWs released from Serbian detention camps were far more frequent than in the controls. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Key words Prisoners of war nationallicence Detention camps nationallicence Electrocardiogram nationallicence Čorović N. Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, 2 Ksaverska cesta, PO Box 291, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel.: +385-1-4673188, Fax: +385-1-4673303, HR aut Duraković Z. Department of Internal Medicine, Rebro University Hospital, 12 Kišpatiæeva, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia, HR aut Zavalić M. Croatian Society on Occupational Health, 20 V. Holjevca, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia, HR aut Zrinšćak J. University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, "Dr. Fran Mihaljević”, 8 Mirogojska, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia, HR aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s004149900087 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s004149900087 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Čorović N. Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, 2 Ksaverska cesta, PO Box 291, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel.: +385-1-4673188, Fax: +385-1-4673303, HR aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Duraković Z. Department of Internal Medicine, Rebro University Hospital, 12 Kišpatiæeva, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia, HR aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zavalić M. Croatian Society on Occupational Health, 20 V. Holjevca, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia, HR aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zrinšćak J. University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, "Dr. Fran Mihaljević”, 8 Mirogojska, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia, HR aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer