title: Lack of electrocardiographic changes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the present study was to investigate the potential alterations in electrocardiographic (ECG) pattern in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty PCOS patients and 50 age- and body mass index-matched healthy women were studied.
  
  
  METHODS
  We assessed hormonal and metabolic pattern, and performed ECG analysis for evaluating PQ interval, QRS duration, minimum and maximum QT interval corrected for heart rate (QT(c)min and QT(c)max, respectively), corrected QT dispersion (QT(c)d), corrected J point/T-wave interval (JTend(c)), corrected JTmax interval (JTmax(c)), and corrected Tmax-end interval (Tmax-end(c)).
  
  
  RESULTS
  QT(c)min (399 +/- 21 vs. 396 +/- 25 ms, P = 0.51); QT(c) max (445 +/- 25 vs. 443 +/- 27 ms, P = 0.70); and QT(c)d (46 +/- 13 vs. 47 +/- 15 ms, P = 0.72); JTend(c) (337 +/- 14 vs. 336 +/- 16 ms(1/2), P = 0.74); and JTmax(c) (256 +/- 22 vs. 258 +/- 21 ms(1/2), P = 0.64); Tmax-end(c) (81 +/- 18 vs. 78 +/- 19 ms(1/2), P = 0.42) were not significantly different between PCOS and healthy women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite profound differences in hormonal and metabolic pattern, our data demonstrate no significant difference in ECG pattern in PCOS compared to healthy controls.
authors: Department of Molecular & Clinical Endocrinology and Oncology, University Federico II of Naples, Naples, Italy. francescoorio@virgilio.it
authors: Francesco
authors: F
authors: Orio
authors: Stefano
authors: S
authors: Palomba
authors: Teresa
authors: T
authors: Cascella
authors: Francesco
authors: F
authors: Manguso
authors: Laura
authors: L
authors: Vuolo
authors: Domenico
authors: D
authors: Tafuri
authors: Carlo
authors: C
authors: Vigorito
authors: Gaetano
authors: G
authors: Lombardi
authors: Vincenzo
authors: V
authors: Liguori
authors: Annamaria
authors: A
authors: Colao
authors: Francesco
authors: F
authors: Giallauria
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*