Electrocardiographic Changes During and After Alcohol Withdrawal.

Background: Our study aimed to examine the possible risk of ventricular arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death by calculating the electrocardiographic changes and indicators of ventricular repolarization during and after alcohol withdrawal.

Methods: One hundred participants who were identified with alcohol withdrawal and who met the inclusion criteria were included in the study. Data were collected between July 2020 and August 2020.

Electrocardiographic Abnormalities During and After Withdrawal in Patients Diagnosed with Opioid Use Disorder.

Introduction: Opioid withdrawal is one of the most critical complications of opioid use disorder. In this study, we aimed to examine the possible risk of ventricular arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death by calculating electrocardiography (ECG) changes, the markers of ventricular repolarization, in opioid withdrawal.

Methods: A total of 90 patients diagnosed with opioid withdrawal who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria were included in the study.

Early Systolic Lengthening Is Associated with SYNTAX Score in Patients with Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome.

Background: Early systolic lengthening is a echocardiographic strain parameter previously used to determine the lesion severity in patients with stable coronary artery disease. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the relationship between early systolic lengthening and anatomic SYNTAX score in troponin (-) and (+) groups among patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome (ACS).

Methods: A total of 95 patients diagnosed with non-ST-elevation ACS were included in the prospective, non-randomized, single-center study.

Osteoprotegerin is associated with subclinical left ventricular systolic dysfunction in non-dipper hypertensive patients: a 2D speckle tracking echocardiographic study.

Background: Past studies have shown that non-dipper hypertensive patients have more frequent subclinical left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction compared to dippers. Many different parameters have been examined to predict subclinical LV dysfunction. The role of osteoprotegerin (OPG) in the pathogenesis of heart failure and LV systolic dysfunction through different mechanisms had well described.