Abstract
QT interval prolongation on the surface electrocardiogram (ECG) predicts cardiovascular complications in high-risk subjects, but its prognostic role in uncomplicated hypertension has been understudied. For up to 13 years (average, 5.3 years), we followed up 2110 white patients with initially untreated essential hypertension (mean +/- SD age, 49 +/- 12 years; 55% men) without prevalent cardiovascular or renal disease who underwent 12-lead ECG before therapy. We excluded patients with ECG abnormalities including ischemia, necrosis, complete bundle branch block, atrial fibrillation, arrhythmias, and ventricular preexcitation. Heart rate-corrected QT interval (QTc) showed a weak but significant direct association with systolic blood pressure (r = 0.07; P<.001), diastolic blood pressure (r = 0.11; P<.001), and Cornell voltage (r = 0.06; P = .006). During follow-up, 84 patients developed new-onset ischemic heart disease (0.75 event per 100 patient-years). After adjustment (Cox model) for the effects of age, sex, diabetes mellitus, serum cholesterol level, serum creatinine level, smoking, left ventricular hypertrophy, and 24-hour systolic blood pressure, patients with a prolonged QTc (>or=450 milliseconds in women and >or=440 millisec...Continue Reading
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