ArticleISRN cardiology2013
QRS Complex Enlargement as a Predictor of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients Affected by Surgically Treated Tetralogy of Fallot: A Comprehensive Literature Review and Historical Overview.
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- Age-dependent Dynamics of the Electrocardiographic Parameters in Cardiovascular Disease-Free Children.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Cardiac Anesthesia: Perioperative Assessment and Underlying Mechanisms.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- Electrocardiogram changes post surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot with valve-sparing versus transannular patch: A retrospective observational study.Global cardiology science & practice · 2024Article
- Speckle tracking echocardiography for diagnosis of right ventricular failure in children with totally corrected tetralogy of Fallot in Sulaimani, Iraq.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2024Article
- Possible role of QRS duration in the right ventricle as a perioperative monitoring parameter for right ventricular function: a prospective cohort analysis in robotic mitral valve surgery.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- Evaluation of QRS duration and presence of fragmented QRS in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.International journal of medical sciences · 2024Article
- Ventricular arrhythmia risk prediction in repaired Tetralogy of Fallot using personalized computational cardiac models.Heart rhythm · 2020Article
- Machine Learning Approach to Predict Ventricular Fibrillation Based on QRS Complex Shape.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Article
- Noninvasive predictors of perioperative atrial arrhythmias in patients with tetralogy of Fallot undergoing pulmonary valve replacement.Clinical cardiology · 2017Article
- Application of Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiography to Evaluate the Pre- and Postoperative Right Ventricular Systolic Function of Patients with Tetralogy of Fallot.Acta Cardiologica Sinica · 2015Article
- Identification of differently expressed genes and small molecule drugs for Tetralogy of Fallot by bioinformatics strategy.Pediatric cardiology · 2014Article
- Factors influencing adaptation and performance at physical exercise in complex congenital heart diseases after surgical repair.BioMed research international · 2014Review
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Abstract
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is a congenital heart disease frequently treated by surgical repair to relieve symptoms and improve survival. However, despite the performing of an optimal surgical repair, TOF patients are at times characterized by a poor long-term survival rate, likely due to cardiac causes such as ventricular arrhythmias, with subsequent sudden death. In the 80s it was irrefutably demonstrated that QRS prolongation ≥180 msec at basal electrocardiogram is a strong predictor for refining risk stratification for ventricular tachycardia in these patients. The aim of this research was to undertake a review of all studies conducted to assess the impact of QRS duration on the development of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias in repaired TOF subjects.
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