IMPORTANCE OF QТ INTERVAL DURATION IN THE PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION

The review concerns the issue of duration of QT interval of patients with arterial hypertension. It discusses the history of discoveries of prolonged and shortened QT interval; the correlation between changes to QT du-ration with gender and age of the patients, with hypertrophy of left ventricle, electric instability and dysfunc-tions of myocardium re-polarization processes, rhythm dysfunction development risks, presence of consensual somatic disease, intake of medication by patients with arterial hypertension. It shows the actuality and lack of knowledge on this issue.