- Original Article
- Cardiology
- P wave dispersion on 12-lead electrocardiography in adolescents with neurocardiogenic syncope
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Dong-Hyuk Lee, Kyung-Min Lee, Jung-Min Yoon, Jae-Woo Lim, Kyung-Ok Kho, Hong-Ryang Kil, Eun-Jung Cheon
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 2016;59(11):451-455. Published online November 18, 2016
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Purpose Neurocardiogenic syncope (NCS) is the most frequent cause of fainting during adolescence. Inappropriate cardiovascular autonomic control may be responsible for this clinical event. The head-up tilt test has been considered a diagnostic standard, but it is cumbersome and has a high false-positive rate. We performed a study to evaluate whether P-wave dispersion (PWD) could be a useful electrocardiographic parameter of... |
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