Why the study?
Do patients with SLE have a higher prevalence of ECG non-specific ST-T and QTc abnormalities compared to patients with RA?
Do patients with SLE have a higher prevalence of ECG non-specific ST-T and QTc abnormalities compared to patients with RA?
Patients with SLE, particularly Hispanic and black individuals, have a significantly higher prevalence of ECG non-specific ST-T and QTc abnormalities compared to patients with RA, highlighting a potential marker for increased cardiovascular risk.
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May signal higher CV risk in SLE; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical use.
Geraldino‐Pardilla et al. (2016) studied this question.
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