• Müjgan Gürler and Mehmet İnanır.
• Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Bolu, Turkey.
• Int. J. Clin. Pract. 2022 Jan 1; 2022: 57664945766494.

BackgroundDiabetes mellitus (DM) is a multisystemic, chronic disease that affects many organs. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death in patients with DM. The electrocardiogram's new ventricular repolarization parameters can predict mortality and morbidity. The ventricular repolarization indices were examined in diabetic patients with a CAD diagnosis in this study.MethodsThe study group consisted of 84 DM patients (51 males; mean age 58.8 ± 6.6) with noncritical CAD. The control group consisted of 84 DM patients (47 males; mean age 58.7 ± 8.8) with a normal coronary artery. The intervals of QT, QRS, JT, and Tp-e were all measured. Tp-e/QT, Tp-e/QTc, Tp-e/JT, and Tp-e/JTc ratios were determined with QTc, QTd, QTdc, and JTc intervals.ResultsHeart rate (74.4 ± 13.1 vs. 70.0 ± 13.6 bpm, p: 0.036), QT (381.0 ± 30.3 vs. 368.6 ± 29.1 ms, p: 0.008), QTc (407.5 (359-450) vs. 389 (339-430) ms, p < 0.001), QTd (25.1 ± 6.2 vs. 21.9 ± 9.9 ms, p: 0.013), QTdc (26.7 ± 6.1 vs. 23.1 ± 10.8 ms, p: 0.010), Tp-e (95.7 ± 12.2 vs. 73.6 ± 9.8 ms, p < 0.001), JT (293.8 ± 22.0 vs. 283.5 ± 30.9 ms, p: 0.014), and JTc (313.6 ± 12.3 vs. 302.4 ± 33.7 ms, p=0.005) intervals, and Tp-e/QT (0.25 ± 0.03 vs. 0.20 ± 0.03 ms, p < 0.001), Tp-e/QTc [0.23 (0.19-2.33) vs. 0.19 (0.14-0.25) ms, p=0.007], Tp-e/JT (0.33 ± 0.04 vs. 0.26 ± 0.04 ms, p < 0.001), and Tp-e/JTc (0.30 ± 0.03 vs. 0.24 ± 0.03 ms, p < 0.001) ratios were all found to be significantly higher in diabetic patients with noncritical CAD.ConclusionIn this study, ventricular repolarization markers on the surface ECG were found to be elevated in diabetic CAD patients. These variables may be related to fatal arrhythmic events. To be sure, large-scale, randomized controlled trials are required.Copyright © 2022 Müjgan Gürler and Mehmet İnanır.

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