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. 2003 Sep 30;8(4):296–301. doi: 10.1046/j.1542-474X.2003.08406.x

Table 2.

The Table Summarizes ECG, Echocardiographic and Antroprometric Parameters in MI Patients with a Pathological Turbulence Onset (TO) Compared to MI Patients with a Normal TO

TO > 0% n = 58 TS < 0% n = 138 P
Age (years) 59.5 ± 6.8 57.3 ± 7.3 n.s.
Systolic RR 134 ± 17 135 ± 18 n.s.
 (mmHg)
Diastolic RR  83 ± 10  85 ± 10 n.s.
 (mmHg)
K (mmol/dL)  4.2 ± 0.5  4.1 ± 0.4 n.s.
EF (%) 48.6 ± 0.9 53.0 ± 0.9 0.01
LVEDD (mm) 56.4 ± 7.2 55.4 ± 8.1 n.s.
LVESD (mm) 41.9 ± 7.4 41.1 ± 7.9 n.s.
Heart rate (ms)  907 ± 155  926 ± 133 n.s.
PVC cycle 555 ± 85 558 ± 92 n.s.
 length (ms)
Post PVC (ms) 1193 ± 232 1247 ± 216 n.s.
QT (ms) 390 ± 37 393 ± 37 n.s.
QTdis (ms)  88 ± 36  91 ± 38 n.s.
SDNN  53.3 ± 30.3  55.2 ± 21.3 n.s.
RMSSD  45.3 ± 49.3  44.4 ± 25.6 n.s.
PNN50   9.2 ± 13.9   9.0 ± 13.1 n.s.

EF: ejection fraction; LVEDD: left ventricular end‐diastolic diameter; LVESD: left ventricular end‐systolic diameter; PVC cycle length: coupling interval of the ventricular extrasystole; Post PVC: cycle length after the PVC; QT: QT interval; QTdis: QT interval dispersion; SDNN: standard deviation of the RR‐intervals; RMSSD: root mean square of the standard deviation; PNN 50: percent of intervals outside 50 ms of the mean; P value < 0.05 is considered as significant.