Abstract
Prognostic assessment of unstable angina pectoris is a common clinical problem for physicians. Markers of myocardial cell injury, serial electrocardiographic findings and ST segment monitoring are mainly studied for prognosis. We investigated the relation between myocardial injury and the value of cardiac troponin T and QT interval dispersion in hospitalized unstable angina patients. This is a prospective study that includes adult patients admitted to an emergency department with Braunwald class IIIB unstable angina pectoris. Eighty-six patients were enrolled in the study (mean age of 57 +/- 12 years, 63 males and 23 females). Cardiac troponin T was assayed and QT dispersion calculated from surface ECG. Fifty-eight patients with troponin T < 0.1 ng/ml and 28 patients with troponin T levels > or = 0.1 formed group 1 and group 2, respectively. There were no significant differences in sex, age, history of coronary revascularization or ECG findings such as ST depression and T inversions between the two groups. The QT dispersion was significantly greater in patients with elevated cardiac troponin T levels (77 +/- 18 msec vs 38 +/- 13 mse; p < 0.014). Because QT interval dispersion exhibited an association with cardiac troponin T levels, it may be used as a non-invasive marker of ischemic injury in patients with unstable angina.
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