P-Wave Dispersion in Patients with Constrictive Pericarditis of Non-Ischemic Etiology Including Tubercoulous and Non-Tuberculous Subjects: A Pilot Study

Gholam Reza Rezaian; Masoud  Pour Moghaddas; Shahed Rezaian; Lida  Liaghat; Najaf  Zare

doi:10.17795/icrj-9(4)199

International Cardiovascular Research Journal

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https://doi.org/10.17795/icrj-9(4)199

P-Wave Dispersion in Patients with Constrictive Pericarditis of Non-Ischemic Etiology Including Tubercoulous and Non-Tuberculous Subjects: A Pilot Study

Author(s):

Gholam Reza Rezaian^1,*,

Masoud Pour Moghaddas²,

Shahed Rezaian³,

Lida Liaghat⁴,

Najaf Zare⁵

1Department of Cardiology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

2Department of Cardiology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

3Department of Radiology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

4Department of Internal Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

5Department of Biostatistics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

International Cardiovascular Research Journal:Vol. 9, issue 4; e10872

Published online:Dec 31, 2015

Article type:Research Article

Received:Oct 08, 2014

Accepted:May 12, 2015

How to Cite:Gholam Reza RezaianMasoud Pour MoghaddasShahed RezaianLida LiaghatNajaf ZareP-Wave Dispersion in Patients with Constrictive Pericarditis of Non-Ischemic Etiology Including Tubercoulous and Non-Tuberculous Subjects: A Pilot Study.Int Cardiovasc Res J.9(4):e10872.https://doi.org/10.17795/icrj-9(4)199.

Abstract

Background: Although P-wave dispersion has proven to be a reliable electrocardiographic predictor of Atrial Fibrillation (AF) in many clinical settings, its significance in patients with Constrictive Pericarditis (CP) of non-ischemic origin is to be reported.
Objectives: This study aimed to find out whether p-wave dispersion is prolonged in patients with documented CP of non-ischemic origin.
Patients and Methods: This study was conducted on twenty patients with CP, 16 males and 4 females, with the mean age of 39.0 ± 20.5 years and 20 age- and sex-matched healthy subjects. All the Electrocardiograms (ECGs) were scanned and the P-wave parameters were measured electronically after × 400% magnification.
Results: Our main finding was a significantly prolonged maximum P-wave duration (P = 0.018) and P-wave dispersion (P = 0.049) in the patients with CP compared to the control group. These parameters, however, did not have any correlation with the patients’ age and disease duration.
Conclusions: Since AF is common in patients with CP of any etiology and may have a negative impact on their outcome, detection of individuals susceptible to development of AF could be of great clinical value.

Keywords

Constrictive Pericarditis

Maximum P-wave Duration

Tuberculosis

Atrial Fibrillation

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Gholam Reza Rezaian:[PubMed][Scholar]
Masoud Pour Moghaddas:[PubMed][Scholar]
Shahed Rezaian:[PubMed][Scholar]
Lida Liaghat:[PubMed][Scholar]
Najaf Zare:[PubMed][Scholar]