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© 2017 American Heart Association, Inc. Background - Cardiomyopathy patients are at risk of sudden death, typically from scar-related abnormalities of electrical activation that promote ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Abnormal intra-QRS peaks may provide a measure of altered activation. We hypothesized that quantification of such QRS peaks (QRSp) in high-resolution ECGs would predict arrhythmic events in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD)-eligible cardiomyopathy patients. Methods and Results - Ninety-nine patients with ischemic or non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy undergoing prophylactic ICD implantation were prospectively enrolled (age 62±11 years, left ventricular ejection fraction 27±7%). High-resolution (1024 Hz) digital 12-lead ECGs were recorded during intrinsic rhythm. QRSp was quantified for each precordial lead as the total number of low-amplitude deflections that deviated from their respective naive QRS template. The primary end point of arrhythmic events was defined as appropriate ICD therapy or sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias. After a median follow-up of 24 (15-43) months, 20 (20%) patients had arrhythmic events. Both QRSp and QRS duration were greater in those with arrhythmic events (both P<0.001) and this was consistent for QRSp for both cardiomyopathy types. In a multivariable Cox regression model that included age, left ventricular ejection fraction, QRS duration, and QRSp, only QRSp was an independent predictor of arrhythmic events (hazard ratio, 2.1; P<0.001). Receiver operating characteristic analysis revealed that a QRSp ≥2.25 identified arrhythmic events with greater sensitivity (100% versus 70%, P<0.05) and negative predictive value (100% versus 89%, P<0.05) than QRS duration ≥120 ms. Conclusions - QRSp measured from high-resolution digital 12-lead ECGs independently predicts ventricular tachyarrhythmias in ICD-eligible cardiomyopathy patients. This novel QRS morphology index has the potential to improve sudden death risk stratification and patient selection for prophylactic ICD therapy.
Author(s): Das M, Suszko AM, Nayyar S, Viswanathan K, Spears DA, Tomlinson G, Pinter A, Crystal E, Dalvi R, Krishnan S, Chauhan VS
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
Year: 2017
Volume: 10
Issue: 7
Online publication date: 13/07/2017
Acceptance date: 08/06/2017
ISSN (print): 1941-3149
ISSN (electronic): 1941-3084
Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
URL: https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCEP.116.004874
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.116.004874
PubMed id: 28705874
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