Open AccessP wave dispersion in obsessive-compulsive disorder
Author(s) -
Mustafa Yavuzkır,
Murad Atmaca,
Mehmet Gürkan Gürok,
Sahin Adiyaman
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.158193
Subject(s) - anxiety , obsessive compulsive , spatial dispersion , medicine , left atrium , significant difference , psychology , electrocardiography , clinical psychology , psychiatry , audiology , physics , atrial fibrillation , optics
P wave dispersion (Pd) is defined as the difference between the maximum and the minimum P wave duration. It has recently been associated with increased anxiety levels, thereby predisposing affected individuals to fatal heart disease. Despite of evidence of this autonomous nervous system (ANS) relationship, there are no electrocardiography (ECG) studies in the patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Thus, in this study, we aimed to evaluate the Pd in OCD patients.