Wednesday 17 May 2017

Body Weight Reduction and QTc Interval in Obesity

Obesity is associated with wide variety of electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities.

Prolonged QTc interval is common in obesity and it represents a delayed ventricular repolarisation which is associated with ventricular arrhythmias, syncope and sudden cardiac death.
Body Weight Reduction

The aim of our study is to evaluate the effects of weight reduction on QTc interval in obese subjects. The study included 74 obese subjects aged 41.78 ± 10.70 years, treated with a lowcalorie diet (800 kcal/day) for two weeks.

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