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