BACKGROUND AND AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of statin treatment on P-wave morphology, dispersion, and tissue Doppler imaging-derived atrial conduction time (PA-TDI), which are known to be predictors of atrial fibrillation (AF). METHODS A total of 132 patients with guideline-directed statin indications but no clinical atrial tachyarrhythmias were studied. P-wave duratio...

BACKGROUND Analysing a 12-lead surface electrocardiogram (ECG), the inter-lead variability of the P wave interval, i.e. P wave dispersion, is defined as the difference between the maximum and the minimum P wave duration. Our aim was to assess the effect of haemodialysis on P wave duration and dispersion in non-diabetic patients with end-stage renal failure on chronic haemodialysis. METHODS Tw...

BACKGROUND P-wave indices are appealing markers for predicting atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrences post ablation. OBJECTIVE This study evaluates the value of P wave indices to predict recurrences post pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in patients with paroxysmal AF. METHODS We selected 198 patients (57 ± 8 years, 150 males) with symptomatic drug-refractory paroxysmal AF undergoing PVI in our ...

Heart failure continues to be a major challenge to healthcare; several resting and exercise electrocardiographic parameters have been investigated to predict the left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD). One hundred and forty patients, classified into 2 groups according to LVDD, were assessed by measurement of normal and corrected QT interval, T wave peak to T wave End and P wave dispersio...

BACKGROUND The growing population with Fontan operation surviving into adulthood has significant morbidity and mortality rates from recurrent atrial tachyarrhythmias. We hypothesized that the structural characteristics and electrical behavior of atria may differ in these patients compared with those without arrhythmias. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied 33 consecutive patients (age, 25.4+/-9.5 y...

the present paper studies the possibility of propagation of torsional surface waves in an inhomogeneous anisotropic layer lying between two heterogeneous half-spaces (upper and lower half-space). both the half-spaces are assumed to be under compressive initial stress. the study reveals that under the assumed conditions, a torsional surface wave propagates in the medium. the dispersion relation ...

BACKGROUND We investigated the role of 12-lead ECG P-wave duration and dispersion and of Holter monitoring as predictors of post-thoracic surgery atrial fibrillation. METHODS One hundred and five consecutive patients (88 males-17 females; age 60+/-9), undergoing thoracic surgery at National Cancer Institute between 2001 and 2003, were enrolled and both standard ECG and Holter monitoring were ...

In this article we are concerned with the instability and stability properties of traveling wave solutions of the double dispersion equation utt − uxx + auxxxx − buxxtt = −(|u|u)xx for p > 1, a ≥ b > 0. The main characteristic of this equation is the existence of two sources of dispersion, characterized by the terms uxxxx and uxxtt. We obtain an explicit condition in terms of a, b and p on wave...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the P wave duration and P wave dispersion in stroke patients, and to compare those with healthy subjects. METHODS We measured maximum and minimum P wave durations, and dispersion on the 12-lead surface ECG in 67 consecutive patients with first ever-acute ischemic stroke and 58 controls at the neurology wards of the Medical School, Duzce, Turkey, between May 2005 and O...