SynthesisCurrent hypertension reports2019
Fragmented QRS as a Marker of Myocardial Fibrosis in Hypertension: a Systematic Review.
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- Preoperative fragmented QRS as a predictor of postoperative left ventricular systolic dysfunction after isolated mitral valve replacement.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Article
- Significance of fragmented QRS and predictors of outcome in ST-elevation myocardial infarction.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2024Article
- Prevalence of electrocardiographic markers associated with myocardial fibrosis in masters athletes: a cohort study.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2024Article
- Electrocardiographic Patterns of Depolarization Abnormalities Help to Identify Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Fragmented QRS formation in nonhypertensive acromegaly patients.Turkish journal of medical sciences · 2022Article
- Highlights in the association of fragmented QRS with myocardial fibrosis.Turkish journal of medical sciences · 2022Article
- Relationship Between Fragmented QRS Complex and Long-Term Cardiovascular Outcome in Patients with Essential Hypertension.Anatolian journal of cardiology · 2022Article
- Heart failure in systemic right ventricle: Mechanisms and therapeutic options.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Review
- High prevalence of fragmented QRS on electrocardiography in Japanese patients with diabetes irrespective of metabolic syndrome.Journal of diabetes investigation · 2021Review
- Certain beta blockers (e.g., bisoprolol) may be reevaluated in hypertension guidelines for patients with left ventricular hypertrophy to diminish the ventricular arrhythmic risk.Journal of human hypertension · 2021Review
- Characteristics of Circadian Blood Pressure Pattern of Hypertensive Patients According to Localization of Fragmented QRS on Electrocardiography.High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension · 2021Article
- Editorial to QRS fragmentation as a potential new marker for subclinical myocardial dysfunction.Journal of arrhythmia · 2020Article
- Missing Link between Molecular Aspects of Ventricular Arrhythmias and QRS Complex Morphology in Left Ventricular Hypertrophy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019Review
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Abstract
purpose of reviewHypertension cause damage in cardiac structure and induce pathological myocardial fibrosis that leads to hypertensive cardiomyopathy. A narrow fragmented QRS complex (fQRS) is associated with myocardial fibrosis and scar tissue in various cardiovascular diseases. It is also associated with myocardial fibrosis in hypertensive patients even in the absence of any structural heart diseases. 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. As 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.
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