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The terminal part of the QT interval (T peak to T end): a predictor of mortality after acute myocardial infarction.
Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol
April 2012
Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Norway.
Background: The terminal part of the QT interval (T peak to T end; Tp-e)-an index for dispersion of cardiac repolarization-is often prolonged in patients experiencing malignant ventricular arrhythmias after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We wanted to explore whether high Tp-e might predict mortality or fatal arrhythmia post-AMI.
Methods: Tp-e was measured prospectively in 1359/1384 (98.