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Nguyen DSN, Lin CY, Chung FP, Chang TY, Lo LW, Lin YJ, Chang SL, Hu YF, Tuan TC, Chao TF, Liao JN, Kuo L, Liu CM, Liu SH, Wu CI, Kuo MJ, Li GY, Huang YS, Wu SJ, Siow YK, Bautista JAL, Cao DT, Chen SA. Signal-averaged electrocardiography as a noninvasive tool for evaluating the ventricular substrate in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy: reassessment of an old tool. Front Cardiovasc Med 2024; 11:1306055. [PMID: 38689859 PMCID: PMC11058987 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1306055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024] Open
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Introduction Signal-averaged electrocardiography (SAECG) provides diagnostic and prognostic information regarding cardiac diseases. However, its value in other nonischemic cardiomyopathies (NICMs) remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the role of SAECG in patients with NICM. Methods and results This retrospective study included consecutive patients with NICM who underwent SAECG, biventricular substrate mapping, and ablation for ventricular arrhythmia (VA). Patients with baseline ventricular conduction disturbances were excluded. Patients who fulfilled at least one SAECG criterion were categorized into Group 1, and the other patients were categorized into Group 2. Baseline and ventricular substrate characteristics were compared between the two groups. The study included 58 patients (39 men, mean age 50.4 ± 15.5 years), with 34 and 24 patients in Groups 1 and 2, respectively. Epicardial mapping was performed in eight (23.5%) and six patients (25.0%) in Groups 1 and 2 (p = 0.897), respectively. Patients in Group 1 had a more extensive right ventricular (RV) low-voltage zone (LVZ) and scar area than those in Group 2. Group 1 had a larger epicardial LVZ than Group 2. Epicardial late potentials were more frequent in Group 1 than in Group 2. There were more arrhythmogenic foci within the RV outflow tract in Group 1 than in Group 2. There was no significant difference in long-term VA recurrence. Conclusion In our NICM population, a positive SAECG was associated with a larger RV endocardial scar, epicardial scar/late potentials, and a higher incidence of arrhythmogenic foci in the RV outflow tract.
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- Dinh Son Ngoc Nguyen
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Rhythm Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Cardiology Department, University Medical Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Rhythm Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Rhythm Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Rhythm Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Rhythm Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Rhythm Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Rhythm Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Rhythm Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Rhythm Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Rhythm Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Rhythm Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Rhythm Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Rhythm Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Rhythm Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Rhythm Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Rhythm Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Rhythm Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Rhythm Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Rhythm Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Cardiology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Rhythm Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Cardiology, Serdang Hospital, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Rhythm Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Section of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Heart Institute, St. Luke’s Medical Center – Global City, Taguig City, Philippines
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Rhythm Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Arrhythmia Treatment Department, Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Rhythm Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Cardiology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Milaras N, Dourvas P, Doundoulakis I, Sotiriou Z, Nevras V, Xintarakou A, Laina A, Soulaidopoulos S, Zachos P, Kordalis A, Arsenos P, Archontakis S, Antoniou CK, Tsiachris D, Dilaveris P, Tsioufis K, Sideris S, Gatzoulis K. Noninvasive electrocardiographic risk factors for sudden cardiac death in dilated ca rdiomyopathy: is ambulatory electrocardiography still relevant? Heart Fail Rev 2023:10.1007/s10741-023-10300-x. [PMID: 36872393 DOI: 10.1007/s10741-023-10300-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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Risk stratification for sudden cardiac death in dilated cardiomyopathy is a field of constant debate, and the currently proposed criteria have been widely questioned due to their low positive and negative predictive value. In this study, we conducted a systematic review of the literature utilizing the PubMed and Cochrane library platforms, in order to gain insight about dilated cardiomyopathy and its arrhythmic risk stratification utilizing noninvasive risk markers derived mainly from 24 h electrocardiographic monitoring. The obtained articles were reviewed in order to register the various electrocardiographic noninvasive risk factors used, their prevalence, and their prognostic significance in dilated cardiomyopathy. Premature ventricular complexes, nonsustained ventricular tachycardia, late potentials on Signal averaged electrocardiography, T wave alternans, heart rate variability and deceleration capacity of the heart rate, all have both some positive and negative predictive value to identify patients in higher likelihood for ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. Corrected QT, QT dispersion, and turbulence slope-turbulence onset of heart rate have yet to establish a predictive correlation in the literature. Although ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring is frequently used in clinical practice in DCM patients, no single risk marker can be used for the selection of patients at high-risk for malignant ventricular arrhythmic events and sudden cardiac death who could benefit from the implantation of a defibrillator. More studies are needed in order to establish a risk score or a combination of risk factors with the purpose of selecting high-risk patients for ICD implantation in the context of primary prevention.
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- Nikias Milaras
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
- State Department of Cardiology, "Hippokration" Hospital, Vasilisis Sofias 14, 11256, Athens, Greece.
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- State Department of Cardiology, "Hippokration" Hospital, Vasilisis Sofias 14, 11256, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Cardiology, National and Kapodistrian University, Hippokration" Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology, General Hospital of Karditsa, Karditsa, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology, General Hospital of Thessaloniki Gennimatas, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- First Department of Cardiology, National and Kapodistrian University, Hippokration" Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Cardiology, National and Kapodistrian University, Hippokration" Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Cardiology, National and Kapodistrian University, Hippokration" Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology, General Hospital of Karditsa, Karditsa, Greece
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- First Department of Cardiology, National and Kapodistrian University, Hippokration" Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Cardiology, National and Kapodistrian University, Hippokration" Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- State Department of Cardiology, "Hippokration" Hospital, Vasilisis Sofias 14, 11256, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Cardiology, National and Kapodistrian University, Hippokration" Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Cardiology, National and Kapodistrian University, Hippokration" Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- State Department of Cardiology, "Hippokration" Hospital, Vasilisis Sofias 14, 11256, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Cardiology, National and Kapodistrian University, Hippokration" Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Chung F, Lin C, Lin Y, Chang S, Lo L, Hu Y, Tuan T, Chao T, Liao J, Chang Y, Chang T, Lin C, Te ALD, Yamada S, Chen S. Ventricular arrhythmias in nonischemic cardiomyopathy. J Arrhythm 2018; 34:336-346. [PMID: 30167004 PMCID: PMC6111466 DOI: 10.1002/joa3.12028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2017] [Accepted: 08/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Nonischemic cardiomyopathies (NICMs) are composed of variable disease entities, including primary and secondary cardiomyopathies. Determining the etiology of NICM provides pivotal roles of not only the understanding of the individual pathogenesis, but also the clinical management, such as risk stratification, pharmacological treatment, and intervention therapies. Despite the diverse causes of NICM, these cases mostly require clinical attention owing to progressive myocardial injury, resulting in ventricular dysfunction and heart failure. The interaction between the diseased ventricular substrates and systemic/neurophysiological factors contributes to the cornerstones responsible for ventricular arrhythmogenesis and sudden cardiac death (SCD). Prevention of SCD and diminishing ventricular tachyarrhythmias are the important mainstays for the management of NICM patients. Given the understanding of the abnormal ventricular substrates and advancement of navigation systems, radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) has become an adjunctive or alternative strategy for NICM patients who experience drug-refractory ventricular tachycardias (VTs). Successful ablation can frequently be achieved at the expense of an epicardial intervention. A recent study has proven the survival benefits for NICM patients who are free from recurrent VTs after a successful RFCA, regardless of the New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class status or left ventricular ejection fraction. Additionally, recent evidence has highlighted the better delineation of a diseased myocardium through the incorporation of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) and 3D mapping systems, which can facilitate the identification of critical ventricular arrhythmogenic substrates in NICM patients.
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- Fa‐Po Chung
- Division of CardiologyDepartment of MedicineTaipei Veterans General HospitalTaipeiTaiwan
- Institute of Clinical MedicineDepartment of MedicineNational Yang‐Ming University School of MedicineTaipeiTaiwan
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- Division of CardiologyDepartment of MedicineTaipei Veterans General HospitalTaipeiTaiwan
- Institute of Clinical MedicineDepartment of MedicineNational Yang‐Ming University School of MedicineTaipeiTaiwan
- Department of MedicineTaipei Veterans General HospitalTaipeiYilan CountyTaiwan
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- Division of CardiologyDepartment of MedicineTaipei Veterans General HospitalTaipeiTaiwan
- Institute of Clinical MedicineDepartment of MedicineNational Yang‐Ming University School of MedicineTaipeiTaiwan
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- Division of CardiologyDepartment of MedicineTaipei Veterans General HospitalTaipeiTaiwan
- Institute of Clinical MedicineDepartment of MedicineNational Yang‐Ming University School of MedicineTaipeiTaiwan
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- Division of CardiologyDepartment of MedicineTaipei Veterans General HospitalTaipeiTaiwan
- Institute of Clinical MedicineDepartment of MedicineNational Yang‐Ming University School of MedicineTaipeiTaiwan
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- Division of CardiologyDepartment of MedicineTaipei Veterans General HospitalTaipeiTaiwan
- Institute of Clinical MedicineDepartment of MedicineNational Yang‐Ming University School of MedicineTaipeiTaiwan
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- Division of CardiologyDepartment of MedicineTaipei Veterans General HospitalTaipeiTaiwan
- Institute of Clinical MedicineDepartment of MedicineNational Yang‐Ming University School of MedicineTaipeiTaiwan
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- Division of CardiologyDepartment of MedicineTaipei Veterans General HospitalTaipeiTaiwan
- Institute of Clinical MedicineDepartment of MedicineNational Yang‐Ming University School of MedicineTaipeiTaiwan
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- Division of CardiologyDepartment of MedicineTaipei Veterans General HospitalTaipeiTaiwan
- Institute of Clinical MedicineDepartment of MedicineNational Yang‐Ming University School of MedicineTaipeiTaiwan
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- Division of CardiologyDepartment of MedicineTaipei Veterans General HospitalTaipeiTaiwan
- Institute of Clinical MedicineDepartment of MedicineNational Yang‐Ming University School of MedicineTaipeiTaiwan
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- Division of CardiologyDepartment of MedicineTaipei Veterans General HospitalTaipeiTaiwan
- Institute of Clinical MedicineDepartment of MedicineNational Yang‐Ming University School of MedicineTaipeiTaiwan
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- Division of CardiologyDepartment of MedicineTaipei Veterans General HospitalTaipeiTaiwan
- Department of MedicineTaipei Veterans General HospitalTaipeiYilan CountyTaiwan
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- Division of CardiologyDepartment of MedicineTaipei Veterans General HospitalTaipeiTaiwan
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- Division of CardiologyDepartment of MedicineTaipei Veterans General HospitalTaipeiTaiwan
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- Division of CardiologyDepartment of MedicineTaipei Veterans General HospitalTaipeiTaiwan
- Institute of Clinical MedicineDepartment of MedicineNational Yang‐Ming University School of MedicineTaipeiTaiwan
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Chung FP, Lin CY, Lin YJ, Chang SL, Lo LW, Hu YF, Tuan TC, Chao TF, Liao JN, Chang YT, Chang TY, Lin CH, Louise D. Te A, Yamada S, Chen SA. WITHDRAWN Ventricular Arrhythmias in Non-ischemic Cardiomyopathy. J Arrhythm 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.joa.2017.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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- Marek Malik
- St. Paul's Cardiac Electrophysiology and St. George's, University of London, London, UK
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Govil AK, Gupta MD, Girish MP, Tyagi S. Prediction and Prevention in Sudden Cardiac Death. Apollo Medicine 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s0976-0016(11)60078-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Goldberger JJ, Cain ME, Hohnloser SH, Kadish AH, Knight BP, Lauer MS, Maron BJ, Page RL, Passman RS, Siscovick D, Stevenson WG, Zipes DP. American Heart Association/american College of Cardiology Foundation/heart Rhythm Society scientific statement on noninvasive risk stratification techniques for identifying patients at risk for sudden cardiac death: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology Committee on Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias and Council on Epidemiology and Prevention. Heart Rhythm 2009; 5:e1-21. [PMID: 18929319 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Goldberger JJ, Cain ME, Hohnloser SH, Kadish AH, Knight BP, Lauer MS, Maron BJ, Page RL, Passman RS, Siscovick D, Stevenson WG, Zipes DP. American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation/Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Statement on Noninvasive Risk Stratification Techniques for Identifying Patients at Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008; 52:1179-99. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Somers VK, White DP, Amin R, Abraham WT, Costa F, Culebras A, Daniels S, Floras JS, Hunt CE, Olson LJ, Pickering TG, Russell R, Woo M, Young T. Sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease: an American Heart Association/american College Of Cardiology Foundation Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association Council for High Blood Pressure Research Professional Education Committee, Council on Clinical Cardiology, Stroke Council, and Council On Cardiovascular Nursing. In collaboration with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Center on Sleep Disorders Research (National Institutes of Health). Circulation 2008; 118:1080-111. [PMID: 18725495 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.107.189375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 638] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Takeuchi M, Matsushita T, Kurotobi S, Sano T, Kogaki S, Ozono K. Application of signal-averaged electrocardiogram to myocardial damage in the late stage of Kawasaki disease. Circ J 2006; 70:1443-5. [PMID: 17062968 DOI: 10.1253/circj.70.1443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Myocardial damage occurs in the late stage of Kawasaki disease (KD) regardless of whether coronary artery lesions (CALs) are present. METHODS AND RESULTS A signal-averaged electrocardiogram (ECG) was performed in 23 patients who were in the late stage of KD (CAL was found in 12 and no CAL (non-CAL) was found in 11) and 10 healthy controls. Filtered QRS duration and the root-mean-square voltage in the last 40 ms of the QRS complex were measured using time-domain analysis. Additionally, the area ratio (AR), (area of 20-50 Hz)/(area of 0-20 Hz) x100, was calculated by frequency domain analysis. These findings were compared with the clinical data and histopathological findings. In time-domain analysis, there were no significant differences among the 3 groups. In frequency domain analysis, the AR in CAL was significantly higher than that in the other 2 groups. Furthermore, all 4 patients who underwent an endomyocardial biopsy showed a high AR and abnormal histopathological features. CONCLUSIONS The findings of the present study suggest that patients in the late stage of KD have abnormal findings on signal-averaged ECG even without stenotic lesions, arrhythmia or ischemia, a condition that might reflect histopathological changes in the myocardium in the late stage of KD.
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- Makoto Takeuchi
- Department of Pediatrics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
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Haghjoo M, Arya A, Parsaie M, Dehghani MR, Sadr-Ameli MA. Does the abnormal signal-averaged electrocardiogram predict future appropriate therapy in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators? J Electrocardiol 2006; 39:150-5. [PMID: 16580410 DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2005.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Several studies have documented the prognostic significance of the signal-averaged electrocardiogram (SAECG) both after myocardial infarction and nonischemic cardiomyopathy. However, whether the SAECG can identify patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) who receive appropriate therapy has not been hitherto completely investigated. METHODS Between August 2002 and August 2004, 83 consecutive ICD patients who had had SAECGs recorded were enrolled in this study. All patients were followed up in the outpatient ICD clinic, and interrogated electrograms were collected. RESULTS Over 9.0 +/- 2.8 months of follow-up, 27 (32%) patients had appropriate ICD therapy for ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation; 15 (55.6%) patients had abnormal; and the remaining 12 (44.4%) had normal SAECGs. Of the 56 patients with no appropriate therapy, 27 (48.2%) and 29 (51.8%) patients had abnormal and normal SAECGs, respectively. There were no statistically significant differences between the 2 groups in SAECG findings (P = .41). A Cox regression analysis showed that the left ventricular ejection fraction was the only predictor of appropriate therapy (P = .02). Subgroup analysis of the patients with coronary artery disease and spontaneous monomorphic ventricular tachycardia indicated that left ventricular ejection fraction (P = .03) and abnormal SAECG (P = .02) were predictors of appropriate therapy. CONCLUSIONS Our data demonstrate that except for the subgroup of patients with coronary artery disease presenting with monomorphic ventricular tachycardia, the SAECG did not predict ventricular tachyarrhythmia recurrence and, hence, appropriate ICD therapy. Thus, SAECG findings should generally not be a factor in decision for ICD implantation.
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- Majid Haghjoo
- Department of Pacemaker and Electrophysiology, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 15745-1341, Tehran 1996911151, Iran.
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BACKGROUND To date, prevalence and clinical significance of noninvasive arrhythmia risk predictors in apparently healthy, middle-aged persons are largely unknown. METHODS A total of 110 apparently healthy persons 20-75 years old were enrolled in this prospective observational monocenter study and followed up for 32 +/- 15 months. Baseline investigations included symptom-limited bicycle ergometry, echocardiography, time-domain analysis, and spectral turbulence analysis of the signal-averaged electrocardiogram (ECG), ventricular arrhythmias, and heart rate variability on 24-hour Holter ECG, baroreflex sensitivity, and t-wave alternans in all persons. RESULTS The prevalence of an abnormal signal-averaged ECG was 1% for spectral turbulence analysis and varied between 1% and 37% for time-domain analysis depending upon the definition used for an abnormal time-domain analysis. A reduced heart rate variability defined as a standard deviation of normal-to-normal intervals < or =105 ms, <100 ms and <70 ms was found in 12%, 9%, and 1% of persons. A baroreflex sensitivity <6 ms/mmHg and <3 ms/mmHg was present in 15% and 2% of persons. Microvolt t-wave alternans was found to be positive in 5%, negative in 88%, and indeterminate in 7% of persons, respectively. During the 32 +/- 15 months follow-up, no arrhythmic events and no cardiovascular mortality were observed in this population. CONCLUSIONS Abnormal findings of noninvasive arrhythmia risk stratification can be found in 1-37% of healthy, middle-aged persons when previously reported cut-off values are used.
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- Wolfram Grimm
- Department of Cardiology, Hospital of the Philipps-University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
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Patients with heart failure are prone to a variety of arrhythmias, symptomatic and asymptomatic, that are prognostically significant and have an important bearing on the management of these patients. However there are some inherent problems in assessing the frequency of these arrhythmias within a large patient population, due to a lack of uniformity in defining heart failure and the transient nature of these rhythms. Patients with heart failure commonly die suddenly. The causes of these deaths are difficult to ascertain accurately and are often presumed arrhythmic. With the advent of effective interventions to prevent sudden death, accurately defining the causal relationship between the arrhythmias and sudden death has assumed great importance to appropriately target therapy. Several attempts have been made to predict such deaths on the basis of non-invasive and invasive diagnostic investigations with variable success. In this article we review the incidence and prevalence of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias and sudden deaths in epidemiological studies, surveys and randomised control trials of patients with heart failure. We discuss the prognostic significance of these arrhythmias, the inherent problems in their diagnosis and whether their presence predicts the risk of sudden deaths and the mode of such deaths in the heart failure population. The role of various investigations in risk stratification of sudden death has also been discussed.
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- John G F Cleland
- University of Hull, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, Kingston-upon-Hull, HU16 5JQ.
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Grimm W, Glaveris C, Hoffmann J, Menz V, Müller HH, Hufnagel G, Maisch B. Arrhythmia risk stratification in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy based on echocardiography and 12-lead, signal-averaged, and 24-hour holter electrocardiography. Am Heart J 2000; 140:43-51. [PMID: 10874262 DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2000.107178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND To date, considerable controversy exists regarding noninvasive arrhythmia risk stratification in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC). Methods and Results Between 1992 and 1997, 202 patients with IDC without a history of sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) underwent echocardiography, signal-averaged electrocardiogram (ECG), and 24-hour Holter ECG in the absence of antiarrhythmic drugs. During 32 +/- 15 months of prospective follow-up, major arrhythmic events, including sustained VT, ventricular fibrillation, or sudden death, occurred in 32 (16%) of 202 patients. After adjusting for baseline medical therapy and antiarrhythmic therapy during follow-up, multivariate Cox regression analysis identified a left ventricular (LV) end-diastolic diameter >/=70 mm and nonsustained VT on Holter as the only independent arrhythmia risk predictors. The combination of an LV end-diastolic diameter >/=70 mm and nonsustained VT was associated with a 14. 3-fold risk for future arrhythmic events (95% confidence interval 2. 3-90). To further elucidate the prognostic value of LV ejection fraction, multivariate Cox analysis was repeated with ejection fraction forced to remain in the model. In the latter model, an ejection fraction </=30% combined with nonsustained VT on Holter was found to be a significant arrhythmia risk predictor with a relative risk of 14.6 (95% confidence interval 2.2-97). CONCLUSIONS The combination of an LV end-diastolic diameter >/=70 mm and nonsustained VT on Holter, and the combination of LV ejection fraction </=30% and nonsustained VT on Holter, identify a subgroup of patients with IDC with a 14-fold risk for subsequent arrhythmic events. These findings have important implications for the design of future studies evaluating the role of prophylactic defibrillator therapy in patients with IDC.
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- W Grimm
- Department of Cardiology, Hospital of the Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany
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Fauchier L, Babuty D, Cosnay P, Poret P, Rouesnel P, Fauchier JP. Long-term prognostic value of time domain analysis of signal-averaged electrocardiography in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol 2000; 85:618-23. [PMID: 11078277 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00821-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term prognostic value of signal-averaged electrocardiography (SAECG) in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC). Time domain analysis of SAECG was assessed in 131 patients with angiographically confirmed IDC (age 52+/-12 years; 108 men; left ventricular ejection fraction 33+/-12%) using specific criteria in 44 patients with bundle branch block. Late potentials (LP) on SAECG were present in 27% of the patients. Patients with LP had a similar left ventricular ejection fraction and a similar left ventricular end-diastolic diameter than patients with a normal SAECG. With a follow-up of 54+/-41 months, 24 patients suffered cardiac death and 19 had major arrhythmic events (sudden death, resuscitated ventricular fibrillation, or sustained ventricular tachycardia). Patients with LP had an increased risk of all-cause cardiac death (RR 3.3, 95% confidence interval 1.5 to 7.5, p = 0.004) and of arrhythmic events (RR 7.2, 95% confidence interval 2.6 to 19.4, p = 0.0001). Using multivariate analysis, only LP on SAECG (p = 0.001), reduced SD of all normal-to-normal intervals (SDNN) (p = 0.002), increased pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (p = 0.005), and history of sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmia (p = 0.02) predicted cardiac death. A history of previous sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmia (p = 0.0001), reduced SDNN (p = 0.003), and LP on SAECG (p = 0.006) were the only independent predictors of major arrhythmic events. Results were not altered when considering separately patients with or without bundle branch block, or after exclusion of patients with a history of sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmia. This study is one of the first to suggest that LP on SAECG is an independent predictor of all-cause cardiac death and is of high interest for arrhythmia risk stratification in IDC.
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- L Fauchier
- Service de Cardiologie B et Laboratoire d'electrophysiologie cardiaque, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Trousseau, Tours, France.
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Grimm W, Glaveris C, Hoffmann J, Menz V, Mey N, Born S, Maisch B. Noninvasive arrhythmia risk stratification in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: design and first results of the Marburg Cardiomyopathy Study. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 1998; 21:2551-6. [PMID: 9825383 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb01217.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The Marburg Cardiomyopathy Study (MACAS) is a prospective, observational study designed to determine the value of the following potential noninvasive arrhythmia risk predictors in at least 200 patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC) over a 5-year follow-up period: NYHA-class, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, left bundle branch block and atrial fibrillation on ECG, QT/JT dispersion on 12-lead ECG, signal-averaged ECG, ventricular arrhythmias and heart rate variability (HRV) on 24-hour Holter ECG, baroreflex sensitivity, and microvolt T wave alternans during exercise. This article describes the findings among the first 159 patients with IDCs enrolled in MACAS until May 1998 (40 women, 119 men; age: 49 +/- 12 years; LVEF: 32 +/- 10%). Twenty-nine patients (18%) had atrial fibrillation and 130 patients (82%) were in sinus rhythm. Patients with sinus rhythm were further stratified according to LVEF < 30% (n = 54) versus LVEF > or = 30% (n = 76). Compared to patients with LVEF > or = 30%, patients with LVEF < 30% more often had left bundle branch block (43% vs 25%, P < 0.05), nonsustained VT (44% vs 22%, P < 0.05), decreased HRV (SDNN: 95 +/- 39 vs 128 +/- 42 ms, P < 0.01), decreased baroreflex sensitivity (5.6 +/- 4 vs 8.3 +/- 6 ms/mmHg, P < 0.01), and T wave alternans (59% vs 37%, P < 0.05). The prognostic significance of these findings will be determined by multivariate Cox analysis at the end of a 5-year follow-up. Primary endpoints in MACAS are overall mortality and arrhythmic events (i.e., sustained VT or VF, or sudden cardiac death).
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- W Grimm
- Department of Cardiology, Hospital of the Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany
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Tkacova R, Hall MJ, Liu PP, Fitzgerald FS, Bradley TD. Left ventricular volume in patients with heart failure and Cheyne-Stokes respiration during sleep. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997; 156:1549-55. [PMID: 9372674 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.156.5.9612101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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In patients with congestive heart failure (CHF), elevated, left ventricular (LV) volume might lead to pulmonary congestion and hypocapnia, which would create a predisposition to the development of Cheyne-Stokes respiration with central sleep apnea (CSR-CSA). In addition, because LV volume affects cardiac output, it should influence the lengths of hyperpneas. We therefore evaluated LV volumes and transcutaneous PCO2 (PtcCO2) during wakefulness and stage 2 sleep in 16 patients with CHF due to nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NIDC). Data were then compared between those with (n = 7) and those without CSR-CSA (n = 9). LV end-diastolic volume (LVEDV) was significantly higher in patients with than those without CSR-CSA (585 +/- 118 versus 312 +/- 41 ml, p < 0.05). Compared with patients without CSR-CSA, those with CSR-CSA had lower mean stage 2 sleep PtcCO2 (36.3 +/- 2.2 versus 41.2 +/- 1.2 mm Hg, p < 0.05) and a lesser change in PtcCO2 from wakefulness to stage 2 sleep (-0.4 +/- 0.3 versus 2.0 +/- 0.4 mm Hg, p < 0.001). Among patients with CSR-CSA, hyperpnea length was inversely related to LVEDV (R = 0.769, p = 0.043) owing to the direct relationship of cardiac output to LVEDV (R = 0.791, p = 0.034). We conclude that CSR-CSA in patients with CHF due to NIDC is associated with increased LV volumes possibly through the direct or indirect influence of LV volume on PaCO2 and cardiac output.
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- R Tkacova
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital Sleep Research Laboratory, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Survival of patients with heart failure has improved over the past decade due to advances in medical therapy. Sudden death continues to cause 20 to 50% of deaths. Ventricular arrhythmias are common in patients with heart failure. Ventricular hypertrophy, scars from prior myocardial infarction, sympathetic activation, and electrolyte abnormalities contribute. Some sudden deaths are due to bradyarrhythmias and electromechanical dissociation rather than ventricular arrhythmias. The risks and benefits of antiarrhythmic therapies continue to be defined. Class I antiarrhythmic drugs should be avoided due to proarrhythmic and negative inotropic effects that may increase mortality. For patients resuscitated from sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) amiodarone or an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) should be considered. ICDs markedly reduce sudden death in VT/VF survivors, but in advanced heart failure, this may not markedly extend survival. Catheter or surgical ablation can be considered for selected patients with bundle branch reentry VT or difficult to control monomorphic VT. For patients who have not had sustained VT/VF antiarrhythmic therapy should generally be avoided, but may benefit some high risk patients. Amiodarone may be beneficial in patients with advanced heart failure and rapid resting heart rates. ICDs may improve survival in selected survivors of myocardial infarction who have inducible VT.
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- W G Stevenson
- Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Yi G, Keeling PJ, Hnatkova K, Goldman JH, Malik M, McKenna WJ. Usefulness of signal-averaged electrocardiography in evaluation of idiopathic-dilated cardiomyopathy in families. Am J Cardiol 1997; 79:1203-7. [PMID: 9164886 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00083-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Family studies have confirmed that familial dilated cardiomyopathy is common and that a large proportion of relatives have mild left ventricular enlargement and therefore potentially early disease. Previous studies have shown that patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy have abnormalities of the signal-averaged electrocardiogram (ECG). We assessed the usefulness of analysis of the signal-averaged ECG in the evaluation of familial dilated cardiomyopathy. Signal-averaged electrocardiographic recordings were obtained from 58 patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, from 161 of their relatives (35 of whom had left ventricular enlargement), and from 59 healthy subjects. Signal-averaged ECGs were analyzed using both time domain and spectral turbulence analysis techniques. The time domain and spectral turbulence analysis variables were markedly abnormal in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy compared with relatives considered normal and healthy controls (p <0.05). Late potentials were more common in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (17%) and in relatives with left ventricular enlargement (20%) than in normal relatives (5%) or healthy controls (5%) (p = 0.003). Spectral turbulence analysis was abnormal in 24% of patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, 14% of relatives with left ventricular enlargement, 6% of normal relatives, and 5% of healthy controls (p = 0.0006). The sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive accuracy for identification of relatives with left ventricular enlargement were 20%, 95%, and 54% for time domain analysis and 14%, 94%, and 42% for spectral turbulence analysis. Similar positive predictive accuracy was achievable with spectral turbulence analysis and with time domain analysis. In conclusion, the signal-averaged ECG is frequently abnormal in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and relatives with left ventricular enlargement.
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- G Yi
- Department of Cardiological Sciences, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, United Kingdom
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Brembilla-Perrot B, Terrier de la Chaise A, Jacquemin L, Beurrier D, Houplon P. The signal-averaged electrocardiogram is of limited value in patients with bundle branch block and dilated cardiomyopathy in predicting inducible ventricular tachycardia or death. Am J Cardiol 1997; 79:154-9. [PMID: 9193015 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00703-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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An abnormal signal-averaged electrocardiogram (SAECG) has predictive value for arrhythmic events in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and a normal conduction. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the presence of a complete bundle branch block (BBB) affects prognostic information of the SAECG. We prospectively obtained SAECGs in 128 patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Forty-three of them had BBB and 85 had a normal QRS duration. According to their clinical history and results of ventricular programmed stimulation, patients were divided into 4 groups: (1) group IA with BBB and ventricular tachycardia (VT) (n = 18); (2) group IB with BBB but without VT (n = 25); (3) group IIA without BBB but with VT (n = 40); (4) group IIB without BBB and without VT (n = 45). Patients were compared with 129 patients without heart disease and without VT. Fifty-seven of them had BBB (group III) and 72 had normal conduction (group IV). The filtered QRS duration was longer in group IB than in group III (175 +/- 21 vs 149 +/- 16 ms, p <0.001), and in group IIB than in group IV (111 +/- 19 vs 96 +/- 12 ms, p <0.05). QRS duration was similar in groups IA and IB (176 +/- 24 vs 175 +/- 21 ms) but longer in group IIA than in group IIB (131 +/- 24 vs 111 +/- 19 ms, p <0.001). The low-amplitude signal duration (LAS) and the root-mean-square voltage (RMS) of the last 40 ms of the filtered QRS did not differ between groups IB and III and IA and IB. LAS and RMS were, respectively, longer (44 +/- 20 vs 31 +/- 13 ms, p <0.01) and lower (21 +/- 20 vs 43 +/- 33 microV, p <0.001) in groups IIA and IIB. In groups IA and IB the combination of 2 of the 3 available criteria: QRS duration >170 ms, RMS <20 microV, LAS >45 ms lead up to the best overall statistical result, with a sensitivity and specificity of 78% and 56%, respectively. In groups IIA and IIB, using conventional late potential criteria, the sensitivity and specificity of the SAECG for VT detection were 65% and 73%, respectively. The risk of sudden death was not predicted by the SAECG, and total cardiac mortality was only dependent on left ventricular ejection fraction. In conclusion, QRS duration was prolonged in all of the patients with a dilated cardiomyopathy compared with those without heart disease. BBB did not change the sensitivity but decreased the specificity of the SAECG to predict any VT risk in dilated cardiomyopathy. The risk of sudden death and total cardiac mortality could not be predicted by the SAECG.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Arrhythmias, Cardiac/etiology
- Arrhythmias, Cardiac/physiopathology
- Bundle-Branch Block/complications
- Bundle-Branch Block/physiopathology
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/complications
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/physiopathology
- Death, Sudden, Cardiac/etiology
- Electric Stimulation
- Electrocardiography/methods
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Forecasting
- Heart Conduction System/physiopathology
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Prognosis
- Prospective Studies
- Risk Factors
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
- Stroke Volume
- Survival Rate
- Tachycardia, Ventricular/etiology
- Tachycardia, Ventricular/physiopathology
- Time Factors
- Ventricular Function, Left
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- B Brembilla-Perrot
- Department of Cardiology A, CHU of Brabois, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France
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Yi G, Keeling PJ, Goldman JH, Hnatkova K, Malik M, McKenna WJ. Comparison of time domain and spectral turbulence analysis of the signal-averaged electrocardiogram for the prediction of prognosis in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Clin Cardiol 1996; 19:800-8. [PMID: 8896913 DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960191009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Despite significant advances in the treatment of heart failure, the prognosis of patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy remains poor. Although several of prognostic variables have been shown to be useful in risk stratification of patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, their predictive accuracy is low and clinical usefulness uncertain. HYPOTHESIS This study was undertaken to assess the signal-averaged electrocardiogram (SAECG) in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and to compare the ability of time domain and spectral turbulence analytic techniques to predict clinical outcome. METHODS SAECG analysis was performed in 80 patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Nineteen patients had left bundle-branch block and eight were taking low-dose amiodarone for life-threatening arrhythmias. Conventional time domain and spectral turbulence analyses of the SAECG were performed using Del Mar 183 software. RESULTS During a follow-up of 27 +/- 19 months, 24 patients developed progressive heart failure, while the others remained clinically stable. Late potentials were detected in 28% of patients and were equally frequent in patients with and without progressive heart failure (38 vs. 23%, p = 0.20). Spectral turbulence analysis was abnormal in 34% of patients, and patients with abnormal results developed progressive heart failure more frequently than those with normal results (50 vs. 17%, p = 0.01). All spectral turbulence analysis parameters were significantly different in patients with progressive heart failure compared with those who remained clinically stable (p < or = 0.01). Furthermore, progressive heart failure-free survival at 2 years was significantly lower in patients with abnormal compared with normal results (63 vs. 87%; p < 0.05), but was similar in patients with and without late potentials (72 vs. 83%; p = 0.30). The relative risk for developing progressive heart failure using spectral turbulence analysis was 3.4 (95% confidence interval 1.2-9.7) and 2.8 (95% confidence interval 1.1-8.7) using time domain analysis. The sensitivity, specificity, and the positive and negative predictive accuracy for identifying patients who developed progressive heart failure were 50, 83, 50, and 83%, respectively, (p = 0.01) for spectral turbulence analysis, and 36, 85, 45 and 80%, respectively, (p = 0.09) for time domain analysis. CONCLUSION Abnormalities in the SAECG of patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy are common and appear to provide a noninvasive marker for development of progressive heart failure.
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- G Yi
- Department of Cardiological Sciences, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, U.K
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