Abstract:

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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