ArticleFrontiers in physiology2017
Meta-analysis of Fragmented QRS as an Electrocardiographic Predictor for Arrhythmic Events in Patients with Brugada Syndrome.
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- Prognostic implications of ST-segment elevation in lead aVR in patients with acute coronary syndrome: A meta-analysis.Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc · 2021Pooled it
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- Brugada Syndrome: From Molecular Mechanisms and Genetics to Risk Stratification.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Recent Non-Invasive Parameters to Identify Subjects at High Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- How safe are children with COVID-19 from cardiac risks? Pediatric risk assesment; insights from echocardiography and electrocardiographyTurkish journal of medical sciences · 2021Article
- Incorporating Latent Variables Using Nonnegative Matrix Factorization Improves Risk Stratification in Brugada Syndrome.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2020Article
- Brugada syndrome: A comprehensive review of pathophysiological mechanisms and risk stratification strategies.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2020Review
- TJournal of arrhythmia · 2018Article
- High risk electrocardiographic markers in Brugada syndrome.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2018Review
- Higher Dispersion Measures of Conduction and Repolarization in Type 1 Compared to Non-type 1 Brugada Syndrome Patients: An Electrocardiographic Study From a Single Center.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2018Article
- Spontaneous type 1 pattern, ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death in Brugada Syndrome: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC · 2017Article
- The relation between QRS complex fragmentation and segmental abnormalities of the myocardial contractility in patients with coronary artery disease.Indian heart journalArticle
- Fragmented QRS - Its significance.Indian pacing and electrophysiology journalReview
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Abstract
Fragmented QRS (fQRS) is an electrocardiographic marker related to ventricular fibrillation (VF) and sudden cardiac death (SCD) in various clinical settings. Current data regarding the prognostic significance of fQRS in Brugada syndrome (BrS) are contradictory. This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the presence of fQRS as a risk stratification tool in BrS. Electronic databases (PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library) were searched until May 2016. Eight observational studies accumulating data on 1,637 BrS patients (mean age: 47 ± 11 years) were included in this meta-analysis. The mean follow-up duration ranged from 21 to 96 months. fQRS was found to be an independent predictor of future arrhythmic events in BrS (RR:3.88, 95% CI 2.26 to 6.65,
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