TITLE:
Retardation of Corrected QT Dispersion Recovery, Heart Rate Recovery and Increase of QT Dispersion in Patients with Pseudoexfoliative Syndrome; Are They Predictors of Malignant Arrythmias?
AUTHORS:
Cosgun Ayhan, Gunes Alper, Oren Huseyin
KEYWORDS:
Pseudoexfoliative Sydrome, Heart Rate Recovery, QTc Dispersion, Defective QTcd Recovery, Effort Test
JOURNAL NAME:
World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases,
Vol.9 No.3,
March
13,
2019
ABSTRACT: Background: In pseudoexfoliative syndrome (PEX), extraocular accumulation is associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of exercise test on corrected QT dispersion (QTcd) and QTcd recovery in PEX. Patients and Methods: A total of 37 patients diagnosed as PEX were included in the study. The control group consisted of 38 patients. The Electrocardiographies (ECG) were taken. The patients were subjected to an exercise test. Results: In the study group, baseline, peak and third minute recovery QTcd values were 41.35 ± 7.27 ms, 65.19 ± 7.83 ms, and 53.61 ± 6.45 ms, respectively. In the control group, baseline, peak and third minute recovery QTcd values were 29.92 ± 4.23 ms, 38.31 ± 4.22 ms and 28.76 ± 3.09 ms, respectively. There was statistically significantdifference between the baseline and peak QTcd values of the study group andthe control group (t = 8.34224/p 0.00001, t = 18.55079/p 0.00001, respectively). In addition, while there was a statistically significantdifference between the baseline QTcd and the third minute recovery QTcd in the study group, there was no statistically significant difference between the baseline QTcd value and the third minute recovery QTcd value in the control group as heart rate recovery (t = 8.388558/p 0.00001, t = 1.967315/p = 0.056668, respectively).Conclusion: All of them were found to have a higher risk in terms of malignant ventricular arrhythmia in the study group, both at rest and with effort, in a statistically significant way compared to the control group.