IMPORTANCE OF QТ INTERVAL DURATION IN THE PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION

Authors

  • N. I. Pustovoitova
  • L. A. Martimyanova

Keywords:

QT interval length, QT interval prolongation, QT interval shortening, arterial hyperten­sion, arrhythmias, SCD

Abstract

The review concerns the issue of duration of QT interval of patients with arterial hypertension. It discusses the history of discoveries of prolonged and shortened QT interval; the correlation between changes to QT du­ration with gender and age of the patients, with hypertrophy of left ventricle, electric instability and dysfunc­tions of myocardium re-polarization processes, rhythm dysfunction development risks, presence of consensual somatic disease, intake of medication by patients with arterial hypertension. It shows the actuality and lack of knowledge on this issue.

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No. 23 (2012)

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Reviews

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IMPORTANCE OF QТ INTERVAL DURATION IN THE PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION. (2015). The Journal of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Series "Medicine", 23, 72-87. https://periodicals.karazin.ua/medicine/article/view/6730

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