PMID- 22263025
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120823
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 2077-6624 (Electronic)
IS  - 2072-1439 (Print)
IS  - 2072-1439 (Linking)
VI  - 2
IP  - 2
DP  - 2010 Jun
TI  - QT dispersion as a predictor for arrhythmias in patients with acute ST elevation 
      myocardial infarction.
PG  - 86-8
AB  - AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To study the effect of Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and QT 
      dispersion (QTd) in patients presenting with Acute ST elevation myocardial 
      infarction (STEMI). METHODS: This is a retrospective study conducted on patients 
      admitted with the diagnosis of acute ST elevation myocardial infarction. In all 
      100 patients with acute myocardial infarction in one year were subjected to a 
      complete evaluation in terms of history and examination. Besides routine 
      investigations standard 12 lead ECG was evaluated in all cases on admission, 
      after 4 hrs, 24 hrs, 48 hrs and on discharge. RESULTS: The most common presenting 
      symptoms were chest pain (88%) and dyspnea (50%). Tachycardia was seen in 56% 
      while congestive heart failure was present in 29% patients. Patients who died had 
      a higher QTd in comparison to patients who survived. CONCLUSIONS: Markers of 
      autonomic regulation of heart like QTd provides valuable information about the 
      future course of events in a patient following acute STEMI which can be utilized 
      to plan the future course of management in patients especially predisposed to 
      adverse and catastrophic outcomes.
FAU - Aziz, Fahad
AU  - Aziz F
AD  - Jersey City Medical Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Jersey City, New 
      jersey 07002, USA.
FAU - Doddi, Sujatha
AU  - Doddi S
FAU - Alok, Anshu
AU  - Alok A
FAU - Penupolu, Sudheer
AU  - Penupolu S
FAU - Singh, Vijayant
AU  - Singh V
FAU - Benz, Michael
AU  - Benz M
FAU - Abed, Mary
AU  - Abed M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - China
TA  - J Thorac Dis
JT  - Journal of thoracic disease
JID - 101533916
PMC - PMC3256448
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - QT dispersion
OT  - acute ST elevation myocardial infarction
EDAT- 2010/06/01 00:00
MHDA- 2010/06/01 00:01
PMCR- 2010/06/01
CRDT- 2012/01/21 06:00
PHST- 2010/05/10 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2010/05/25 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/01/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/06/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/06/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 2010/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - jtd-02-02-086 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Thorac Dis. 2010 Jun;2(2):86-8.