TY - JOUR
T1 - Female gender as independent risk factor of torsades de pointes during acquired atrioventricular block
AU - Chorin, Ehud
AU - Hochstadt, Aviram
AU - Viskin, Sami
AU - Rozovski, Uri
AU - Havakuk, Ofer
AU - Baranchuk, Adrian
AU - Enriquez, Andres
AU - Strasberg, Boris
AU - Guevara-Valdivia, Milton E.
AU - Márquez, Manlio F.
AU - González-Pacheco, Héctor
AU - Hasdemir, Can
AU - Rosso, Raphael
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Heart Rhythm Society
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - Background Female gender increases the risk of torsades de pointes (TdP) in the long QT syndrome, and this increased risk is assumed to be due to their longer QT interval. Objective The purpose of this study was to study the interplay between gender, duration of the QT interval, and risk of TdP during AV block. Methods We studied 250 patients (48% women) with AV block. QT interval was measured at the time of most severe bradycardia. We then constructed different receiver operating characteristic curves for the QTc of males and females for predicting TdP. Results As expected, patients with TdP had longer QTc intervals than did patients with uncomplicated AV block (564 ± 81 ms vs 422 ± 62 ms, P <.001). This correlation between longer QTc and higher risk of TdP was true for both genders. However, the QT of females with TdP was shorter than the respective value for males with TdP. Despite similar severity of bradycardia, the QT was shorter for females (QT 672 ± 88 ms vs 727 ± 57 ms for females with TdP vs males with TdP, P =.022). The QTc/TdP risk curve for females was shifted to the left in comparison to the pertinent graph for males. Female gender was an independent predictor of TdP. Conclusion Women are at increased risk for developing TdP during AV block, but this increased risk is independent of their longer QT interval. Females develop TdP with QT intervals that are not necessarily arrhythmogenic for males.
AB - Background Female gender increases the risk of torsades de pointes (TdP) in the long QT syndrome, and this increased risk is assumed to be due to their longer QT interval. Objective The purpose of this study was to study the interplay between gender, duration of the QT interval, and risk of TdP during AV block. Methods We studied 250 patients (48% women) with AV block. QT interval was measured at the time of most severe bradycardia. We then constructed different receiver operating characteristic curves for the QTc of males and females for predicting TdP. Results As expected, patients with TdP had longer QTc intervals than did patients with uncomplicated AV block (564 ± 81 ms vs 422 ± 62 ms, P <.001). This correlation between longer QTc and higher risk of TdP was true for both genders. However, the QT of females with TdP was shorter than the respective value for males with TdP. Despite similar severity of bradycardia, the QT was shorter for females (QT 672 ± 88 ms vs 727 ± 57 ms for females with TdP vs males with TdP, P =.022). The QTc/TdP risk curve for females was shifted to the left in comparison to the pertinent graph for males. Female gender was an independent predictor of TdP. Conclusion Women are at increased risk for developing TdP during AV block, but this increased risk is independent of their longer QT interval. Females develop TdP with QT intervals that are not necessarily arrhythmogenic for males.
KW - Atrioventricular block
KW - Gender
KW - Long QT syndrome
KW - QT interval
KW - Torsades de pointes
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U2 - 10.1016/j.hrthm.2016.09.013
DO - 10.1016/j.hrthm.2016.09.013
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C2 - 27650425
AN - SCOPUS:85006372260
SN - 1547-5271
VL - 14
SP - 90
EP - 95
JO - Heart Rhythm
JF - Heart Rhythm
IS - 1
ER -