Age- and sex-based reference ranges for non-invasive ventricular repolarisation parameters

International Journal of Clinical Practice
Annabella BraschiGiuseppe Francavilla

Abstract

Some electrocardiographic parameters are able to assess indirectly ventricular repolarisation homogeneity. It is consequently essential to discriminate between normal and abnormal values in clinical decision-making. Considering there is still not a consensus about normal cut-off values, the aim of this study was to document reference intervals in all age groups of a healthy population, providing for age- and sex-percentile tables, which can be used easily and quickly in clinical practice. We evaluated repolarisation markers in 606 sex-matched participants aged 1 day-94 years. Each subject underwent a 12-lead electrocardiogram at rest, and the following parameters were measured: QT, corrected QT, QTpeak, Tpeak-Tend, Tpeak-Tend dispersion, Tpeak-Tend/QT and QTpeak/QT ratio. A relationship was demonstrated between age and QTpeak, Tpeak-Tend, QT and QTc. In children, QTpeak, Tpeak-Tend and QT intervals increased linearly with age. In adolescents, all the three parameters remained stable. In adults, QTpeak and QT showed a further significant increase. On the contrary, Tpeak-Tend interval was longer in adults aged between 20 and 64 years than in participants aged 65 years or over, but the difference was not statistically significant....Continue Reading

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