Electrocardiographic Corrected QT (QTc) Dispersion Value as a Predictor for Estimation of Neonatal Mortality in Pre-Term Neonates.

Introduction: Electrocardiographic (ECG) corrected QT (QTc) interval and dispersion were used as prognostic variables in adult patients and limited studies showed the relationship between QTc prolongation and dispersion with some clinical situations in newborn babies.

Aim: In the present study, we compared the electrocardiographic (ECG) variables such as QTc interval and dispersion of healthy full-term and pre-term neonates with those who suffered from non-cardiac illnesses.

Methods: This prospective cohort study involved 127 neonates including four study groups: normal full-term neonates, ill full-term neonates, normal pre-term neonates and ill pre-term neonates.

Aorta-to-left ventricle tunnel associated with noncompaction left ventricle.

We present a case of aorta-to-left ventricle (LV) tunnel and noncompaction LV in a 26-year-old woman. She was referred to our echocardiography laboratory for evaluation of aortic regurgitation by echocardiographic examination, which led to the diagnosis of the congenital abnormality of aorta-to-LV tunnel and noncompaction LV.