Prevalence of prolonged QT interval in patients with HCV-related chronic liver disease.
Ahmed E GaafarAmr Abd El-AalMohamed AlboraieHousam M HassanAdel ElTahanYasser AbdelRahmanMohamed-Naguib WifiDalia OmranShimaa Afify MansourWaleed M HassanMagdy IsmailMohamed El KassasPublished in: The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology (2019)
HCV is associated with QTc prolongation even in patients with early chronic liver disease stages without significant fibrosis. Also, it is related to the degree of fibrosis and cirrhosis. At a cutoff value of 2.108, FIB-4 score can predict prolonged QTc. HCV eradication is associated with a high incidence of QTc normalization.