Volume 57, Issue 5, Pages 2117-2122 (May 2000) QTc dispersion increases during hemodialysis with low-calcium dialysate Satu E. Näppi, Vesa K. Virtanen, Heikki H.T. Saha, Jukka T. Mustonen, Amos I. Pasternack Kidney International Volume 57, Issue 5, Pages 2117-2122 (May 2000) DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2000.00062.x Copyright © 2000 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Method of using a tangent drawn to the steepest point on the down slope of the T wave to measure the QT interval. Kidney International 2000 57, 2117-2122DOI: (10.1046/j.1523-1755.2000.00062.x) Copyright © 2000 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 QTc interval (A) and QTc dispersion (= QTmax - QTmin) (B) in the 23 HD patients, measured before (□) and after (▪) the three HD treatments with different concentrations of dialysate Ca++. Kidney International 2000 57, 2117-2122DOI: (10.1046/j.1523-1755.2000.00062.x) Copyright © 2000 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Relationship between the changes in serum Ca++ and QTc interval in the 23 HD patients during the three HD treatments with different concentrations of dialysate Ca++ (r = 0.68; P < 0.0001). Kidney International 2000 57, 2117-2122DOI: (10.1046/j.1523-1755.2000.00062.x) Copyright © 2000 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions