Evaluation of ventricular arrhythmogenesis in children with acute rheumatic carditis

Kucuk M., Karadeniz C., Ozdemir R., Mese T.

CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA, vol.29, no.6, pp.362-365, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 29 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.5830/cvja-2018-043
  • Journal Name: CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.362-365
  • Kütahya Health Sciences University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Recent studies have shown that the Tp-e interval, which on an electrocardiogram (ECG) is the interval between. the peak and the end of the T wave, can he used as an index of transmural dispersion of ventricular repolarisation (UDR). Both Tp-e/QT and Tp-e/QTc ratios have also been used in that capacity. However, these novel repolarisation indices have not previously been studied in children with acute rheumatic carditis (ARC).