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ArticleAnnals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc2021

Temporal variability of T-wave morphology and risk of sudden cardiac death in patients with coronary artery disease.

Janne T Rahola, Antti M Kiviniemi, Olavi H Ukkola, Mikko P Tulppo, M Juhani Junttila, Heikki V Huikuri, Tuomas V Kenttä, Juha S Perkiömäki

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Article in Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Janne T RaholaResearch Unit of Internal Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-7781-0050
Antti M KiviniemiResearch Unit of Internal Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.
Olavi H UkkolaResearch Unit of Internal Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.
Mikko P TulppoDepartment of Physiology, Research Unit of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
M Juhani JunttilaResearch Unit of Internal Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.
Heikki V HuikuriResearch Unit of Internal Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.
Tuomas V KenttäResearch Unit of Internal Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.
Juha S PerkiömäkiResearch Unit of Internal Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-1157-3985
Oulu University Hospital · FIUniversity of Oulu · FI

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Abstract

backgroundThe possible relationship between temporal variability of electrocardiographic spatial heterogeneity of repolarization and the risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) is not completely understood.

methodsThe standard deviation of T-wave morphology dispersion (TMD-SD), of QRST angle (QRSTA-SD), and of T-wave area dispersion (TW-Ad-SD) were analyzed on beat-to-beat basis from 10 min period of the baseline electrocardiographic recording in ARTEMIS study patients with angiographically verified CAD.

resultsAfter on average of 8.6 ± 2.3 years of follow-up, a total of 66 of the 1,678 present study subjects (3.9%) had experienced SCD or were resuscitated from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). TMD-SD was most closely associated with the risk for SCD and was significantly higher in patients who had experienced SCD/SCA compared with those who remained alive (3.61 ± 2.83 vs. 2.64 ± 2.52, p = .008, respectively), but did not differ significantly between the patients who had experienced non-SCD (n = 71, 4.2%) and those who remained alive (3.20 ± 2.73 vs. 2.65 ± 2.53, p = .077, respectively) or between the patients who succumbed to non-cardiac death (n = 164, 9.8%) and those who stayed alive (2.64 ± 2.17 vs. 2.68 ± 2.58, p = .853). After adjustments with relevant clinical risk indicators of SCD/SCA, TMD-SD still predicted SCD/SCA (HR 1.107, 95% CIs 1.035-1.185, p = .003).

conclusionsTemporal variability of electrocardiographic spatial heterogeneity of repolarization represented by TMD-SD independently predicts long-term risk of SCD/SCA in patients with CAD.

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AgedCausalityCoronary Artery DiseaseDeath, Sudden, CardiacElectrocardiographyFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleRisk AssessmentTime Factorselectrocardiographyrepolarizationsudden cardiac deathT-waveT-wave morphology

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