Electrolyte imbalance is an important cause of QT dispersion

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2011.13258

Reply to the letter to the editor "Trastuzumab and QT dispersion" by Ozgur Tanriverdi and Deniz Cetin

Ozlem Yavas

We agree with Dr. Tanrıverdi that electrolyte imbalance is an important cause of QT dispersion. In our study, we monitored all patients for electrolyte imbalance, and those with an imbalance were excluded. Unfortunately, we forgot to mention this in the manuscript.