2011
DOI: 10.1159/000324796
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Effect of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on QT Dispersion: A Potential Mechanism of Sudden Cardiac Death

Abstract: Objectives: QT dispersion (QTd) measures the variability of the ventricular recovery time. QTd may identify patients at risk for ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death (SCD). The purpose of our study was to determine the effect of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on QTd. Methods: There were 199 patients studied: 101 patients (28 women, 73 men) with OSA diagnosed in our sleep center and 98 patients (49 women, 49 men) without OSA from the outpatient clinic, representing th… Show more

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“…(figure 1). Conflicting results have been reported on the prognostic value of QTd in patients following acute myocardial infarction (1216), and in other clinical settings (1721) including acute stroke (22, 23). Therefore its association and predictive value in acute stroke remains controversial.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…(figure 1). Conflicting results have been reported on the prognostic value of QTd in patients following acute myocardial infarction (1216), and in other clinical settings (1721) including acute stroke (22, 23). Therefore its association and predictive value in acute stroke remains controversial.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The clinical utility of the QT d as a predictor of cardiovascular mortality has been reported in various cardiovascular diseases, such as hypertension, chronic renal failure undergoing dialysis, type 2 diabetes, acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention, metabolic syndrome, and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, in previous studies (36)(37)(38)(39)(40)(41). Preeclampsia and other states that lead to abnormal uterine perfusion may change the ventricular repolarization before clinical symptoms occur (15).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…33 OSA similarly impacts QT dispersion and Twave alternans, which might predispose these patients to malignant arrhythmias and SCD. [34][35][36][37] Bradyarrhythmias in OSA are linked with vagal activation that can be found at the end of apneic events. Vagal activation is mediated by hypoxemic triggering of the glomus caroticum.…”
Section: R Esum Ementioning
confidence: 99%