In 1938, Asehenbrenner and Bodeehteis stated that intracranial lesions may be responsible for electrocardiographic abnormalities, but the first report of ECG changes in patients with cerebrovascular accidents was given by Byer, Ashman and Toth, in 1947 6. in 1954, Burch, Meyers and AbildskovS described a pattern of QT prolongation, abnormal T waves, and U waves which they considered distinctive of acute stroke. Since then, several reports about the prevalence and pathophysiology of ECG findings in different cerebrovascular events has accumulated 4,5,

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