QT and QTc dispersion are accurate predictors of cardiac death in newly diagnosed non-insulin dependent diabetes: cohort study

It has been suggested by one small study that a prolonged QT interval could predict cardiac death in patients with diabetic nephropathy who have received insulin treatment. The question still arises of why analysis of QT interval should be able to predict cardiac death.

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ 1998-03, Vol.316 (7133), p.745-746
Hauptverfasser:	Naas, Abdul A O, Davidson, Neil C, Thompson, Chris, Cummings, Fraser, Ogston, Simon A, Jung, Roland T, Newton, Ray W, Struthers, Allan D
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Associated diseases and complications Biological and medical sciences Cardiovascular disease Cohort Studies Death, Sudden, Cardiac Diabetes Diabetes complications Diabetes mellitus Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance Electrocardiography Electrocardiography - methods Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases) Endocrinopathies Female Heart Heart Rate - physiology Humans Insulin Male Medical research Medical schools Medical sciences Middle Aged Predictive Value of Tests Sensitivity and Specificity Statistical dispersion Systolic blood pressure Teaching hospitals Type 2 diabetes mellitus
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Zusammenfassung:	It has been suggested by one small study that a prolonged QT interval could predict cardiac death in patients with diabetic nephropathy who have received insulin treatment. The question still arises of why analysis of QT interval should be able to predict cardiac death.
ISSN:	0959-8138 0959-8146 1468-5833 1756-1833
DOI:	10.1136/bmj.316.7133.745