Elevated Interleukin-6 Levels Are Associated With an Increased Risk of QTc Interval Prolongation in a Large Cohort of US Veterans.
Pietro Enea LazzeriniMichael CupelliAlessandra CartocciIacopo BertolozziViola SalviniRiccardo AccioliFabio SalvadoriTommaso MarzottiDecoroso VerrengiaGabriele CeveniniStefania BisognoMaurizio BicchiGiovanni DonatiSciaila BernardiniFranco Laghi-PasiniMaurizio AcampaPier Leopoldo CapecchiNabil El-SherifMohamed BoutjdirPublished in: Journal of the American Heart Association (2024)
Our data provide evidence that a high circulating IL-6 level is a robust risk factor for QTc prolongation in a large cohort of US veterans, supporting a potentially important arrhythmogenic role for this cytokine in the general population.