QT interval dispersion in healthy subjects and survivors of sudden cardiac death: circadian variation in a twenty-four-hour assessment

The American Journal of Cardiology
J MolnarJ C Somberg

Abstract

Twenty-four-hour acquisition of QT dispersion (QTd) from the Holter and the circadian variation of QTd were evaluated in 20 survivors of sudden cardiac death (SCD), in 20 healthy subjects, and in 14 control patients without a history of cardiac arrest who were age, sex, diagnosis and therapy matched to 14 SCD patients. Computer-assisted QT measurements were performed on 24-hour Holter recordings; each recording was divided into 288 5-minute segments and templates representing the average QRST were generated. QTd was calculated as the difference between QT intervals in leads V1 and V5 for each template on Holter. The 24-hour mean QTd was significantly greater in SCD patients (40 +/- 28 ms) than in healthy subjects (20 +/- 10 ms) and control patients (15 +/- 5 ms) (p <0.05). There was a circadian variation in QTd with greater values at night (0 to 6 A.M.) than at daytime (10 A.M. to 4 P.M.) in healthy subjects (25 +/- 13 vs 15 +/- 8 ms, p <0.001) and control patients (18 +/- 10 vs 12 +/- 4 ms p <0.05), whereas in SCD patients there was no significant difference between night and day values (45 +/- 31 vs 37 +/- 28 ms, p = NS). It is concluded that QTd measured by Holter was greater in SCD patients than in healthy subjects and matc...Continue Reading

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