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Wide QRS-T angles are associated with markers of increased inflammatory activity independently of hypertension and diabetes.

Mikael SandstedtLennart BergfeldtJoakim SandstedtAnnika LundqvistEmanuel FrykPer-Anders JanssonGöran BergströmLillemor Mattsson Hultén
Published in: Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc (2020)
Markers of inflammatory activation and cardiac injury/wall stress were significantly higher in the presence of wide QRS-T angles. These results corroborate an association between abnormal electrophysiological function and inflammatory activation and may have implications for the prediction of SCD.
Keyphrases
  • oxidative stress
  • type diabetes
  • blood pressure
  • cardiovascular disease
  • cardiac resynchronization therapy
  • left ventricular
  • heart failure
  • adipose tissue
  • glycemic control
  • skeletal muscle