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Leftward shift of R-axis on electrocardiogram in patients with panic disorder and depression
V K Yeragani1, R Balon, R Pohl
1Department of Psychiatry, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Lafayette Clinic, Detroit, Mich. 48207.
Neuropsychobiology
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
In a prospective study, we have compared R-axis on routine electrocardiograms of panic disorder patients (n = 52) with that of depressed patients (n = 41) and normal controls (n = 65). All subjects were physically healthy and were normotensive. There was a significant leftward shift of R-axis in both depressed and panic disorder patients compared to normal controls. The implications of these findings are discussed.