The relationship between iron stores and corrected QT dispersion in patients undergoing hemodialysis

DERVİŞOĞLU E., Yilmaz A., Sevin E., Kalender B.

ANADOLU KARDIYOLOJI DERGISI-THE ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, cilt.7, sa.3, ss.270-274, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 7 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Dergi Adı: ANADOLU KARDIYOLOJI DERGISI-THE ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.270-274
  • Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Cardiac arrhythmias commonly occur in hemodialysis patients. QT dispersion (QTd=QTmax-QTmin) reflects heterogeneity of cardiac repolarization, and increased QTd is known to predispose the heart to ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. The aim of our study was to assess the association of iron stores, reflected by transferrin saturation (TSAT) and ferritin, with the dispersion of corrected QT intervals (QTc) in patients undergoing hemodialysis.