The dietary approaches to stop hypertension diet effects on ventricular premature complexes

Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Introduction Rhythm disturbances in the heart significantly affect the quality of life of the patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between ventricular premature complexes (VPC) and The dietary approaches to stop hypertension diet (DASH) score. Material-Method This study was conducted on 50 patients with palpitations who were referred to the cardiology outpatient clinic and had more than 10000 VES per day as a result of a 24-hour holter, and 50 patients who presented with palpitations but had less than 10000 VES in the holter. Three-day food consumption records of the patients were questioned. DASH diet compliance scale was used for patients. The achievement of nine nutrients to the targeted quantities with food consumption records was evaluated by scoring method (between 0 and 9 points). All data were compared between groups. Results There was no difference between the two groups in terms of clinical and demographic characteristics. DASH scores were found to below in the VPC group (p<0.001). There was a significant negative correlation found between VPC and DASH diet score (p<0.001, r = -0.458). Discussion The protective role of DASH type nutrition on the frequency of VPC was observed in our study. This study, which is one of the limited number of studies examining the relationship between DASH diet and VPC, may be helpful in understanding the pathophysiology of VPC.