Assessment of Myocardial Repolarisation Parameters in Patients With Familial Mediterranean Fever      
Yazarlar (10)
Doç. Dr. Kayıhan KARAMAN Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Metin KARAYAKALI Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Ertuğrul Erken
Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Ahmet Demirtaş
Türkiye
Mustafa Öztürk
Fatih Altunkaş
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Arif Arısoy
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Oğuzhan Ekrem Turan
Köksal Ceyhan
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Ataç ÇELİK Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
Dergi ISSN 1995-1892 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q4
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 06-2017
Cilt No 28
Sayı 3
Sayfalar 154 / 158
DOI Numarası 10.5830/CVJA-2016-074
Makale Linki http://cvja.co.za/onlinejournal/vol28/vol28_issue3/20/z
Özet
Background: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a chronic, recurrent auto-inflammatory disease characterised by self-Terminating attacks of fever and sterile polyserositis. The main cause of death in auto-inflammatory diseases is cardiovascular events. Additionally, auto-inflammatory diseases have potential effects on the myocardial repolarisation parameters, including the T-wave peak-To-end (Tp-Te) interval, cTp-Te interval (corrected Tp-Te) and the cTp-Te/ QT ratio. The aim of this study was to analyse the efficacy of myocardial repolarisation alterations in anticipation of cardiovascular risks in patients with FMF. Methods: This study included 66 patients with FMF and 58 healthy control subjects. Tp-Te and cTp-Te intervals and the cTp-Te/QT ratio were measured from the 12-lead electrocardiogram. Results: In electrocardiographic parameters, analysis of QT, QT dispersion, corrected QT (QTc) and QTc dispersion were similar between the groups. The Tp-Te and cTp-Te intervals and Tp-Te/QT and cTp-Te/QT ratios were significantly prolonged in FMF patients. Multivariate linear regression analyses indicated that erythrocyte sedimentation rate was an independent predictor of a prolonged cTp-Te interval. Conclusions: Our study revealed that when compared with control subjects, Tp-Te and cTp-Te intervals and cTp-Te/QT ratio were increased in FMF patients.
Anahtar Kelimeler
CTp-Te interval | CTp-Te/QT ratio | Familial mediterranean fever | Myocardial repolarisation