《Effect of transcatheter aortic valve implantation on QT dispersion in patients with aortic stenosis》.pdfVIP

Journal of Geriatric Cardiology (2014) 11: 286−290 ©2014 JGC All rights reserved; Research Article • Open Access • Effect of transcatheter aortic valve implantation on QT dispersion in patients with aortic stenosis 1 1 1 1 2 Hakan Erkan , Engin Hatem , Mustafa Tarık Ağaç , Levent Korkmaz , Teyyar Gökdeniz , Ahmet Çağrı 1 1 1 1 1 Aykan , Ezgi Kalaycıoğlu , Faruk Boyacı , Ömer Faruk Çırakoğlu , Şükrü Çelik 1 Department of Cardiology, Ahi Evren Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Çamlık Street, Trabzon 61040, Turkey 2Department of Cardiology, Kafkas University Hospital, Kars, Turkey Abstract Background QT dispersion (QTd) is a predictor of ventricular arrhythmia. Ventricular arrhythmia is an important factor influencing morbidity and mortality in patients with aortic stenosis. Surgical aortic valve replacement reduced the QTd in this patients group. However, the effect of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) on QTd in patients with aortic stenosis is unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of TAVI on QTd in patients with aortic stenosis. Methods Patients with severe aortic stenosis, who were not candi- dates for surgical aortic valve replacement due to contraindications or high surgical risk, were included in the study. All patients underwent electrocardiographic and echocardiographic evaluation before, and at the 6th month after TAVI, computed QTd and left ven