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- Title
EVALUATING QT DISPERSION IN CHILDREN WITH SYNCOPE ATTACKS BASED ON BLOOD CRITERIA.
- Authors
Movahedian, Amir Hossein; Arani, Marzieh Heydarzadeh; Shakiba, Ali Mohammad; Sehat, Mojtaba; Razavi, Maryam Sadat
- Abstract
Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the QT dispersion in children with syncope. Methodology: This was a case control study performed on 50 children with syncope attacks (case group) referred to the Clinic of Shahid Beheshti Hospital in Kashan during 2014 and healthy children (control group) referred to the center for causes such as a cold or developmental examination. After explaining the project to the parents, data was obtained from the case and control group. Then; using Chi-square, Mann-Whitney, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Levene's, Kruskal-Wall statistical tests, the data was analyzed. Results: Total of, 100 children took part in the study, the participants were divided into two groups of case (n=50) and control (n=50).Among the studied children, a total of 46 of them (46%) were boys and the rest were girls. The mean age ranges of children in the case and control groups (absence of syncope attacks) were 7.73± 2.33 and 8.09± 2.31 years, respectively (p=0.440).There was a significant difference between them in terms of each of the 4 parameters (p<0.001), and the value of indices in the control group was significantly less than that of the patient group. Conclusion: According to the results of the study, precise ECG examinating in children suspected of syncope attacks can be helpful in confirming the incidence of syncope.
- Subjects
SYNCOPE; CHILDREN
- Publication
Pakistan Heart Journal, 2018, Vol 51, Issue 4, p273
- ISSN
0048-2706
- Publication type
Article