Predicting Long-Term Ventricular Arrhythmia Risk in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Using Normal Values of Ventricular Repolarization Markers Established from Japanese Cohort Study
Background: Cardiac complications due to anthracycline treatment may become evident several years after chemotherapy and are recognized as a serious cause of morbidity and mortality in cancer patients or childhood cancer survivors. Objectives: We analyzed ventricular repolarization parameters in ele...
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| author | Masahiro Takeguchi Satoshi Kusumoto Kazuhito Sekiguchi Souichi Suenobu Kenji Ihara |
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| description | Background: Cardiac complications due to anthracycline treatment may become evident several years after chemotherapy and are recognized as a serious cause of morbidity and mortality in cancer patients or childhood cancer survivors. Objectives: We analyzed ventricular repolarization parameters in electrocardiography for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients during chemotherapy and in long-term follow-up. To establish the reference values of ventricular repolarization parameters in children, we retrospectively summarized the Tpe interval, QT interval, QTc interval, and Tpe/QT ratio in healthy Japanese children. Methods: Electrocardiography data recorded from students in 1st and 7th grades were randomly selected from a database maintained by the school-based screening system in the Oita city cohort, Japan. Subsequently, chronological data of the Tpe/QT ratio in 17 pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia were analyzed over time. Results: The mean ± standard deviation of the Tpe interval in 1st and 7th graders was 70 ± 7 and 78 ± 17 ms, respectively, while the mean ± standard deviation of the Tpe/QT ratio was 0.21 ± 0.02 and 0.22 ± 0.02 ms, respectively. During the intensive phase of treatment, the Tpe/QT ratios of 3 high-risk patients among the 17 patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia exceeded the upper limit. Conclusion: The Tpe/QT ratio has a potential clinical application in predicting the risk of long-term ventricular arrhythmia of cancer patients or childhood cancer survivors from childhood to adulthood. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b0b82eaf8b214c0b9a317851923a07062023-11-18T19:53:01ZengMDPI AGJournal of Clinical Medicine2077-03832023-07-011214472310.3390/jcm12144723Predicting Long-Term Ventricular Arrhythmia Risk in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Using Normal Values of Ventricular Repolarization Markers Established from Japanese Cohort StudyMasahiro Takeguchi0Satoshi Kusumoto1Kazuhito Sekiguchi2Souichi Suenobu3Kenji Ihara4Department of Pediatrics, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama, Yufu 879-5593, Oita, JapanDepartment of Pediatrics, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama, Yufu 879-5593, Oita, JapanDepartment of Pediatrics, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama, Yufu 879-5593, Oita, JapanDepartment of Pediatrics, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama, Yufu 879-5593, Oita, JapanDepartment of Pediatrics, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama, Yufu 879-5593, Oita, JapanBackground: Cardiac complications due to anthracycline treatment may become evident several years after chemotherapy and are recognized as a serious cause of morbidity and mortality in cancer patients or childhood cancer survivors. Objectives: We analyzed ventricular repolarization parameters in electrocardiography for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients during chemotherapy and in long-term follow-up. To establish the reference values of ventricular repolarization parameters in children, we retrospectively summarized the Tpe interval, QT interval, QTc interval, and Tpe/QT ratio in healthy Japanese children. Methods: Electrocardiography data recorded from students in 1st and 7th grades were randomly selected from a database maintained by the school-based screening system in the Oita city cohort, Japan. Subsequently, chronological data of the Tpe/QT ratio in 17 pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia were analyzed over time. Results: The mean ± standard deviation of the Tpe interval in 1st and 7th graders was 70 ± 7 and 78 ± 17 ms, respectively, while the mean ± standard deviation of the Tpe/QT ratio was 0.21 ± 0.02 and 0.22 ± 0.02 ms, respectively. During the intensive phase of treatment, the Tpe/QT ratios of 3 high-risk patients among the 17 patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia exceeded the upper limit. Conclusion: The Tpe/QT ratio has a potential clinical application in predicting the risk of long-term ventricular arrhythmia of cancer patients or childhood cancer survivors from childhood to adulthood.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/14/4723acute lymphoblastic leukemiaanthracyclinesventricular repolarizationTpeak-end intervalTpeak-end/QT ratio |
| spellingShingle | Masahiro Takeguchi Satoshi Kusumoto Kazuhito Sekiguchi Souichi Suenobu Kenji Ihara Predicting Long-Term Ventricular Arrhythmia Risk in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Using Normal Values of Ventricular Repolarization Markers Established from Japanese Cohort Study Journal of Clinical Medicine acute lymphoblastic leukemia anthracyclines ventricular repolarization Tpeak-end interval Tpeak-end/QT ratio |
| title | Predicting Long-Term Ventricular Arrhythmia Risk in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Using Normal Values of Ventricular Repolarization Markers Established from Japanese Cohort Study |
| title_full | Predicting Long-Term Ventricular Arrhythmia Risk in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Using Normal Values of Ventricular Repolarization Markers Established from Japanese Cohort Study |
| title_fullStr | Predicting Long-Term Ventricular Arrhythmia Risk in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Using Normal Values of Ventricular Repolarization Markers Established from Japanese Cohort Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Predicting Long-Term Ventricular Arrhythmia Risk in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Using Normal Values of Ventricular Repolarization Markers Established from Japanese Cohort Study |
| title_short | Predicting Long-Term Ventricular Arrhythmia Risk in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Using Normal Values of Ventricular Repolarization Markers Established from Japanese Cohort Study |
| title_sort | predicting long term ventricular arrhythmia risk in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia using normal values of ventricular repolarization markers established from japanese cohort study |
| topic | acute lymphoblastic leukemia anthracyclines ventricular repolarization Tpeak-end interval Tpeak-end/QT ratio |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/14/4723 |
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