Key result
Acute cholecystitis was not associated with significant changes in novel electrocardiographic parameters such as P wave dispersion (37.9 vs 38.0 msec, p=0.930) compared to healthy controls.
Why the study?
Acute cholecystitis can display electrocardiographic changes mimicking cardiovascular disorders, prompting evaluation with novel parameters.
Do patients with acute cholecystitis have altered novel electrocardiographic parameters compared to healthy controls?
Observational (n=64)
No
Do patients with acute cholecystitis have altered novel electrocardiographic parameters compared to healthy controls?
Absolute Event Rate: 37.9% vs 38%
p-value: p=0.930
Patients with acute cholecystitis do not show significant alterations in novel electrocardiographic parameters of myocardial and atrial electrophysiology compared to healthy controls.
No ECG changes seen in acute cholecystitis; hypothesis-generating for inflammation-electrophysiology links.
Aim: Acute cholecystitis (AC) can display electrocardiographic changes mim-icking cardiovascular disorders. The aim of this study is to evaluate electrocardio-graphic changes with novel parameters in patients with AC. Methods: This study included 34 patients with AC and 30 controls. Control group was consisted of age and gender matched individuals without any cardiovascular and systemic disease. Demographic and clinical data were recorded. The electro-cardiographic measurements were done in order to calculate QT interval , corrected QT (QTc) interval, peak and the end of the T wave (Tp-e), Tp-e/QT ratio and p wave durations.Results: In our study there was no significant difference between two groups in terms of demographic data and clinical features. QT interval , corrected QT (QTc) interval, peak and the end of the T wave (Tp-e), and p wave durations were similiar in the two groups. No statistically significant difference was found between two groups in terms of p wave dispersion and Tp-e/QT ratio. ( 38.0±3.9 vs 37.9±4.4, p:0.93; 0.21±0.07 vs 0.20±0.09, p:0.26 respectively)Conclusion: Patients with acute cholecystitis have similiar electrophysiological prop-erties of myocardium and atrium on electrocardiography as compared with healthy controls.
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Öncel et al. (2019) conducted an observational in Acute cholecystitis (n=64). Acute cholecystitis vs. Healthy controls was evaluated on P wave dispersion (msec) (p=0.930). Acute cholecystitis was not associated with significant changes in novel electrocardiographic parameters such as P wave dispersion (37.9 vs 38.0 msec, p=0.930) compared to healthy controls.
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