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Patients with conversion disorder had significantly altered corrected QT and QT dispersion values compared to healthy controls, with no significant difference in P-wave dispersion.
This letter discusses findings that patients with conversion disorder exhibit altered ventricular repolarization (QTc and QTd) without significant changes in atrial conduction (Pd).
Alptug Tokatli,1 Omer Yiginer,2 Gokhan Degirmencioglu,2 Fethi Kilicaslan,3 Mehmet Uzun2 1Department of Cardiology, Golcuk Military Hospital, Kocaeli, 2Department of Cardiology, GATA Haydarpasa Hospital, 3Department of Cardiology, Medipol University, Istanbul, TurkeyWe read with great interest the article entitled “P-wave and QT dispersion in patients with conversion disorder” by Izci et al1 in Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management. In this well designed research, Izci et al studied QT dispersion (QTd) and P-wave dispersion (Pd) in patients with conversion disorder (CD). In conclusion, they reported that corrected QT (QTc) and QTd values were significantly altered in patients with CD when compared to healthy controls, but that there was no significant difference in terms of Pd.
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Tokatlı et al. (2015) conducted a letter in Conversion disorder. Conversion disorder vs. Healthy controls was evaluated on Corrected QT (QTc), QT dispersion (QTd), and P-wave dispersion (Pd). Patients with conversion disorder had significantly altered corrected QT and QT dispersion values compared to healthy controls, with no significant difference in P-wave dispersion.
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