https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2009.322

Usefulness of QT dispersion in clinical practice

Vol. 72 No. 3 (2009): Cardiac series
Submitted: January 19, 2016
Accepted: January 19, 2016
Published: January 19, 2016
QT dispersion, ventricular arrhytmias, myocardial infarction.
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Annabella Braschi
annabel72@libero.it
Università di Palermo, Dipartimento di Malattie Cardiovascolari, Malattie Nefrourologiche e Medicina Interna, Palermo, Italy.
Vincenzo Cristian Francavilla
Università di Palermo, Dipartimento di Malattie Cardiovascolari, Malattie Nefrourologiche e Medicina Interna, Palermo, Italy.
Maurizio Giuseppe Abrignani
Unità operativa di Cardiologia, Ospedale S. Antonio Abate, Via Cosenza n. 82, 91016 Erice (TA), Italy.
Renzo Lombardo
Unità operativa di Cardiologia, Ospedale S. Antonio Abate, Via Cosenza n. 82, 91016 Erice (TA), Italy.
Furio Colivicchi
U.O. di Cardiologia, Ospedale S. Filippo Neri, Roma, Italy.
Giuseppe Francavilla
Università di Palermo, Dipartimento di Malattie Cardiovascolari, Malattie Nefrourologiche e Medicina Interna, Palermo, Italy.
The measurement of QT dispersion in the surface electrocardiogram has been proposed as a non invasive method for assessing inhomogeneity of myocardial repolarization and has been linked to an increased risk of arrhythmic cardiac death. Several studies have evaluated the use of QTd in a wide variety of cardiac diseases and have reached conflicting conclusions regarding its clinical significance.

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Braschi, Annabella, Vincenzo Cristian Francavilla, Maurizio Giuseppe Abrignani, Renzo Lombardo, Furio Colivicchi, and Giuseppe Francavilla. 2016. “Usefulness of QT Dispersion in Clinical Practice”. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 72 (3). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2009.322.

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