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CHU Nord, St. Etienne

QT/RR slope enhancement is equivalent to patients with ventricular arrhythmias

Published in Mental Health Law Weekly, October 30th, 2004

Researchers have investigated the alteration of the QT rate dependence in anorexia nervosa.

"Myocardial repolarization has been evaluated in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) with conflicting results. The authors postulated that dynamic alterations in QT interval adaptation could characterize these patients. [Our] study compared QT dynamicity along RR intervals from 24-hour ECG data of patients with and without AN," scientists writing in the journal Pace-Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology report.

F. Roche and colleagues of the CHU Nord in St. Etieene explained, "Twenty-five patients (23 women) fulfilling the Diagnostic and Statistical...

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