Background: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the single major cause of death in hemodialysis (HD) patients. QRS-T angle is an established marker of global repolarization heterogeneity associated with electrical instability and SCD. Heat shock protein 27 (HSP27) plays an important, protective role against noxious factors in the cardiovascular (CV) system. This study is aimed at assessing whether low HSP27 is associated with myocardial inhomogeneities in HD patients, as expressed by increases in the spatial QRS-T angle.
Methods: Clinical data and biochemical, echocardiographic, and electrocardiographic parameters were evaluated in 182 HD patients. Patients were split into normal and abnormal QRS-T angle groups.
Results: Patients with abnormally high QRS-T angles were older and had higher prevalence of diabetes as well as myocardial infarction, higher left ventricular mass index (LVMI) and C-reactive protein, worse oxidant/antioxidant status, and lower ejection fraction and HSP27. Multiple regression analysis revealed that abnormal QRS-T values were independently, negatively associated with serum HSP27 and positively associated with LVMI.
Conclusions: Low HSP27 levels are associated with increased heterogeneity of myocardial action potential, as expressed by increased spatial QRS-T angle.
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