Obesity relation of the wave Q

Authors

  • Josué Tax Centro Universitario de Oriente -CUNORI- Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala -USAC-

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36314/cunori.v1i1.3

Keywords:

obesity, electrocardiogram, body mass index, wave Q in DIII, left ventricle

Abstract

Obesity is a syndrome characterized by an increase in body mass as a consequence of poor nutrition, constituting a risk to health. It is associated with early electrocardiographic changes without clinical symptoms, it is suggested that one of the causes of the prolongation of the Q wave in DIII is the increase in body fat. The Comparative Analytical study was carried out on the relation of Wave Q and obesity in 50 obese patients and 50 non-obese in a random sample of those who attended the outpatient clinic of the Hospital “Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio” Chiquimula, in March-May 2015. Electrocardiogram (ECG) was performed on patients who were at rest and those who presented with a Q wave. ECG was done while the patient was in deep and sustained inspiration for 10 seconds. It was determined that obese patients have a 17 times higher risk of presenting pathological Q wave in DIII compared with non-obese patients, with a statistically significant relationship (OR = 17.5 p value = 0.00), the average age was in the range of 45-51 years, with predominance in the female sex with a 2: 1 ratio. At deep and sustained inspiration, wave Q in DIII disappears or decreases in voltage in 34% of patients.

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Author Biography

Josué Tax, Centro Universitario de Oriente -CUNORI- Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala -USAC-

Estudiante de la licenciatura en la carrera Médico y Cirujano del Centro Universitario de Oriente CUNORI, de la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. Su línea de investigación es sobre cardiología y medicina interna.

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Published

2017-11-30

How to Cite

Tax, J. (2017). Obesity relation of the wave Q. Revista Ciencia Multidisciplinaria CUNORI, 1(1), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.36314/cunori.v1i1.3