AIMS: To assess the effect of different combinations of potassium and calcium concentrations on QT interval in the dialysis bath in uraemic patients. METHODS AND RESULTS:Sixteen haemodialysis (HD) patients underwent a 24 h Holter recording before and during HD sessions with six randomized combinations of electrolytes concentrations of the dialysis bath (K(+), 2 and 3 mmol/L; Ca(2+), 1.25, 1.5, and 1.75 mmol/L). The effect of different dialysis baths on QT interval was significant (P < 0.05). The longest mean QTc was observed with the lowest K(+) (2 mmol/L) and Ca(2+) concentrations (1.25 mmol/L), whereas the shortest mean QTc was observed with the highest K(+) (3 mmol/L) and Ca(2+) concentrations (1.75 mmol/L). QTc was >440 ms in 9 of 16 patients (56%) at the lowest Ca(2+) and K(+) concentrations, and in 3 of 16 patients (18%) at the highest electrolytes level. Changes in QTc during the HD sessions were inversely correlated with that in total Ca and Ca(2+) plasma concentrations (P < 0.0001). CONCLUSION: Changes in ventricular repolarization duration associated with HD largely depend on the concentrations of Ca(2+) and K(+) in the dialysis bath. These findings may have important implications for the choice of the electrolytes concentration of the dialysis bath during the HD session.
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AIMS: To assess the effect of different combinations of potassium and calcium concentrations on QT interval in the dialysis bath in uraemic patients. METHODS AND RESULTS: Sixteen haemodialysis (HD) patients underwent a 24 h Holter recording before and during HD sessions with six randomized combinations of electrolytes concentrations of the dialysis bath (K(+), 2 and 3 mmol/L; Ca(2+), 1.25, 1.5, and 1.75 mmol/L). The effect of different dialysis baths on QT interval was significant (P < 0.05). The longest mean QTc was observed with the lowest K(+) (2 mmol/L) and Ca(2+) concentrations (1.25 mmol/L), whereas the shortest mean QTc was observed with the highest K(+) (3 mmol/L) and Ca(2+) concentrations (1.75 mmol/L). QTc was >440 ms in 9 of 16 patients (56%) at the lowest Ca(2+) and K(+) concentrations, and in 3 of 16 patients (18%) at the highest electrolytes level. Changes in QTc during the HD sessions were inversely correlated with that in total Ca and Ca(2+) plasma concentrations (P < 0.0001). CONCLUSION: Changes in ventricular repolarization duration associated with HD largely depend on the concentrations of Ca(2+) and K(+) in the dialysis bath. These findings may have important implications for the choice of the electrolytes concentration of the dialysis bath during the HD session.
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