Long-term favorable cardiovascular risk profile and 39-year development of major and minor electrocardiographic abnormalities – The Chicago Healthy Aging Study (CHAS)
Data are limited on long-term associations of favorable cardiovascular risk profile (i.e., low-risk) and changes in risk profile with ECG abnormality development. (Source: Journal of Electrocardiology)
Source: Journal of Electrocardiology - June 27, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Thanh-Huyen T. Vu, Martha L. Daviglus, Kiang Liu, Norrina B. Allen, Daniel B. Garside, Donald M. Lloyd-Jones Source Type: research
Inappropriate ICD shock due to hot tub-induced external electrical interference
A 72-year-old white male with a history of rapid nonsustained ventricular tachycardia, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and intermittent Brugada-type ECG had a single-lead implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation and received a sudden ICD shock while in the hot tub. To the best of our knowledge this is the first case report of hot tub jet-induced inappropriate ICD shock. (Source: Journal of Electrocardiology)
Source: Journal of Electrocardiology - June 26, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Mohammad Shenasa, Shahriar Heidary, Hossein Shenasa Source Type: research
Electrocardiographic changes as a marker of improved subendocardial ischemia in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
We report a case of non-obstructive HCM, in which electrocardiographic changes were observed with improvement of subendocardial ischemia. A 76-year-old man presented with chest pain on exertion. The electrocardiogram revealed left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy with repolarization abnormalities. No coronary stenosis was found on computed tomography angiography, but thallium-201 exercise scintigraphy revealed transient LV cavity dilation after exercise, consistent with subendocardial ischemia. (Source: Journal of Electrocardiology)
Source: Journal of Electrocardiology - June 26, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Hirofumi Kawamata, Tatsuya Kawasaki, Tadaaki Kamitani, Keiji Yoshioka, Satoaki Matoba, Hiroki Sugihara Source Type: research
ECG parameters to predict left ventricular electrical delay
Left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony lengthens the left ventricular electrical delay (LVED), measured from QRS onset to the first peak of the LV electrogram. We constructed an ECG model to predict LVED noninvasively. (Source: Journal of Electrocardiology)
Source: Journal of Electrocardiology - June 22, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Maria P. Bonomini, Daniel F. Ortega, Luis D. Barja, Emilio Logarzo, Nicol ás Mangani, Analía Paolucci Source Type: research
Fully automatic detection of strict left bundle branch block
Strict left bundle branch block (tLBBB) is a diagnostic marker that was proposed for the detection of complete LBBB from ECG. The criteria for tLBBB include the presence of QS- or rS-configurations of QRS in V1 and V2, the presence of mid-QRS notching or slurring in at least two of leads V1, V2, V5, V6, I and avL, and finally a QRS duration (QRSd) of>130 ms (women) or 140 ms (men). (Source: Journal of Electrocardiology)
Source: Journal of Electrocardiology - June 21, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Radovan Smisek, Ivo Viscor, Pavel Jurak, Josef Halamek, Filip Plesinger Source Type: research
Compound and heterozygous mutations of DSG2 identified by Whole Exome Sequencing in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia with ventricular tachycardia
This study was designed to identify the pathogenic mutations in two Chinese families of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia (ARVC/D) using the Whole Exome Sequencing (WES). (Source: Journal of Electrocardiology)
Source: Journal of Electrocardiology - June 20, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Yubi Lin, Jiana Huang, Ting Zhao, Siqi He, Zifeng Huang, Xiumin Chen, Hongwen Fei, Haiying Luo, Hui Liu, Shulin Wu, Xiufang Lin Source Type: research
Impact of cardiac rehabilitation on ventricular repolarization indexes in patients with rheumatid arthritis
Abnormalities in ventricular repolarization (VR) parameters have been associated with sudden cardiac death (SCD) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The benefits of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) in patients with RA are well recognized. We aimed to assess its impact on VR indexes in patients with RA. (Source: Journal of Electrocardiology)
Source: Journal of Electrocardiology - June 19, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Sinan Cer şit, Hülya Peynirci Cerşit Source Type: research
Does the age of evaluation change the long-term follow-up of untreated pre-excitation syndrome?
We present patients in which such data is available and study the effect of initial age on the evolution. (Source: Journal of Electrocardiology)
Source: Journal of Electrocardiology - June 18, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: B éatrice Brembilla-Perrot, Julie Vincent, Arnaud Olivier, Erwan Bozec, Nicolas Girerd, Jean-Marc Sellal Source Type: research
New insights on verapamil-sensitive idiopathic left fascicular tachycardia
Verapamil-sensitive left fascicular monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (LF-VT) was first described ~4 decades ago. Our knowledge regarding this arrhythmia is evolving continuously. The current review aims to highlight up to date aspects of this arrhythmia focusing on its ECG recognition, new considerations of the reentrant circuit, ablation targets in inducible and non-inducible patients and the approach to LF-VT with multiform morphology. (Source: Journal of Electrocardiology)
Source: Journal of Electrocardiology - June 16, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Yoav Michowitz, Bernard Belhassen Tags: Review Source Type: research
The relationship between fragmented QRS complexes and syntax II scores in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
Even though the relationship between syntax score (SS) and fragmented QRS (fQRS) has been studied, the relation between syntax score II (SS II) and fQRS in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is undefined. We aimed to define the relationship between fQRS and SS II for the evaluation of extension and complexity of coronary artery disease. (Source: Journal of Electrocardiology)
Source: Journal of Electrocardiology - June 13, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Mahmut Yesin, Metin Çağdaş, Macit Kalçık, İbrahim Rencüzoğulları, Yavuz Karabağ, Mustafa Ozan Gürsoy, Süleyman Karakoyun Source Type: research
Sudden cardiac death in J wave syndrome with short QT associated to a novel mutation in Nav 1.8 coding gene SCN10A: First case report for a possible pharmacogenomic role
Sudden cardiac death is an important cause of mortality in the general population. It represents an important challenge for clinicians, often being the only symptom of a broad spectrum of cardiac pathologies and inherited heart conditions. Early repolarization syndrome and Brugada syndrome are part of the wider “J-wave” syndrome, which may also include the short QT syndrome as a third factor of an ionic channel imbalance in the arrhythmogenic landscape. (Source: Journal of Electrocardiology)
Source: Journal of Electrocardiology - June 9, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Giuseppe Di Stolfo, Pietro Palumbo, Stefano Castellana, Sandra Mastroianno, Tommaso Biagini, Orazio Palumbo, Maria Pia Leone, Giovanni De Luca, Domenico Rosario Potenza, Tommaso Mazza, Aldo A. Russo, Massimo Carella Source Type: research
Transient prominent anterior QRS forces in the setting ST segment elevation coronary syndrome: Left septal fascicular block
We present a case of acute inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction caused by acute proximal occlusion of the right coronary artery associated with proximal critical obstruction of the left anterior descending coronary artery. (Source: Journal of Electrocardiology)
Source: Journal of Electrocardiology - June 9, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Andr és Ricardo Pérez-Riera, Raimundo Barbosa-Barros, Antônio Fernandes Silva e Sousa Neto, Rodrigo Daminello-Raimundo, Luiz Carlos de Abreu, Kjell Nikus Source Type: research
Application of wireless remote electrocardiogram monitoring device in atrial fibrillation patients undergoing radiofrequency catheter ablation
Radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) has emerged as an important therapeutic approach for atrial fibrillation (AF) patients [1]. In patients undergoing RFCA, recurrent AF is common in the first 3 months after the procedure [2]; hence, patients are maintained on anticoagulant drugs during this period. Although most studies have defined successful RFCA as cessation of symptomatic arrhythmia episodes, several studies have shown that asymptomatic episodes of AF are common in patients even aft er RFCA [3]. (Source: Journal of Electrocardiology)
Source: Journal of Electrocardiology - June 5, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Debra Urbina, Yu-Ying Lu, Chung-Chuan Chou, Chia-Tung Wu, Chung-Chieh Wang, Yung-Hsin Yeh, Po-Cheng Chang, Chun-Li Wang, Hung-Ta Wo, Ming-Shien Wen Source Type: research
Wide QRS complex tachycardia in patients with Chagas ’ disease: Sustained ventricular tachycardia until proven otherwise
We describe a case of a patient with positive serology for Chagas disease and normal echocardiogram who presented an episode of wide QRS complex tachycardia. It was initially diagnosed as sustained ventricular tachycardia using the Brugada and Vereckei algorithms and it was sent to the reference service for the implant of a cardioverter defibrillator. (Source: Journal of Electrocardiology)
Source: Journal of Electrocardiology - June 4, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Thiago B. Cury Megid, Eduardo Palmegiani, Adalberto M. Lorga-Filho Source Type: research
Prognostic significance of frequent premature ventricular complex early after implantation among patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillator
Premature ventricular complex (PVC) was mainly studied by 24-hour Holter in previous studies. However, the value of long-term Home Monitoring of PVC burden early after ICD implantation is unknown. (Source: Journal of Electrocardiology)
Source: Journal of Electrocardiology - June 4, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Zeyi Li, Shuang Zhao, Keping Chen, Yangang Su, Wei Hua, Silin Chen, Zhaoguang Liang, Wei Xu, Yan Dai, Xiaohan Fan, Ruohan Chen, Shu Zhang Source Type: research
