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- Title
QT dispersion correlates to myocardial viability assessed by dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients with severely depressed left ventricular function due to coronary artery disease
- Authors
Bountioukos, Manolis; Schinkel, Arend F.L.; Poldermans, Don; Rizzello, Vittoria; Vourvouri, Eleni C.; Krenning, Boudewijn J.; Biagini, Elena; Roelandt, Jos R.T.C.; Bax, Jeroen J.
- Abstract
Background: QT dispersion is prolonged in numerous cardiac diseases, representing a general repolarization abnormality. Aim: To evaluate the influence of viable myocardium on QT dispersion in patients with severely depressed left ventricular (LV) function due to coronary artery disease. Methods and results: 103 patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (LV ejection fraction [EF]: 25±6%) were studied. Patients underwent 12-lead electrocardiography to assess QT dispersion, and two-dimensional echocardiography to identify segmental dysfunction. Dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) was then performed to detect residual viability. Resting echo demonstrated 1260 dysfunctional segments; of these, 476 (38%) were viable. Substantial viability (≥4 viable segments on DSE) was found in 62 (60%) patients. QT dispersion was lower in these patients, than in patients without viability (55±17 ms vs. 65±22 ms, P=0.012). Viable segments negatively correlated to QT dispersion (r=−0.333, P=0.001). In contrast, there was no correlation between LVEF and QT dispersion (r=−0.001, P=NS). Conclusions: There is a negative correlation between QT dispersion and the number of viable segments assessed by DSE. Patients with severely depressed LV function and a low QT dispersion probably have a substantial amount of viable tissue. Conversely, when QT dispersion is high, the likelihood of substantial viability is reduced.
- Subjects
HEART diseases; MYOCARDIUM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; LEFT heart ventricle; DOBUTAMINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY
- Publication
European Journal of Heart Failure, 2004, Vol 6, Issue 2, p187
- ISSN
1388-9842
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.ejheart.2003.09.012