QT Interval Shortening After Bariatric Surgery Depends on the Applied Heart Rate Correction Equation

Erik Konrad Grasser,Barbara Ernst,Martin Thurnheer,Bernd Schultes

QT Interval Shortening After Bariatric Surgery Depends on the Applied Heart Rate Correction Equation

2017

Erik Konrad Grasser
Barbara Ernst
Martin Thurnheer
Bernd Schultes

Background A shortening of electrocardiographic QT interval has been observed in obese subjects after weight loss, but previous results may have been biased by inappropriate heart rate (HR) correction.

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QT interval
Heart rate
Diabetes mellitus
Anesthesia
Surgery
Weight loss
Medicine
Prolonged QTc
morbid obesity
obese subjects

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