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Abstract describing cardiac rhythm disturbances noted during colonoscopy.
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Bowel screening programs perform thousands of colonoscopies a year with out considering cardiac rhythm disturbances and this article suggests there is a possibility of cardiac rhythm abnormalities in patients with known or high risk of cardiac disease. There might be merit in performing noninvasive bowel imaging for these group of patients.
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This page is a summary of: Colonoscopy - Health Gains But Heart Strains?, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, April 2009, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.03.513.
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