Fragmented QRS as a Marker of Myocardial Fibrosis in Hypertension: a Systematic Review

This article aimed to demonstrate importance and usefulness of fQRS in hypertensive patients.Recent FindingsCurrent evidence suggest that the frequency of fQRS is significantly higher in hypertensive patients compared to normotensives. Also, fQRS seems to be a predictor of left ventricular hypertrophy, increased systolic blood pressure, non-dipping, deterioration of the left ventricular geometry, and worse systolic and diastolic functions in hypertensive patients.SummaryAs a simple and easy detectable electrocardiographic finding, fQRS may indicate myocardial fibrosis, uncontrolled blood pressure, and deteriorated cardiac structure in hypertensive patients even in the absence of other structural heart diseases, and may also be useful to predict high-risk hypertensives.
Source: Current Hypertension Reports - Category: Primary Care Source Type: research