The electrocardiogram in the diagnosis and management of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

G Finocchiaro, M Merlo, N Sheikh… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The term dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) defines a heterogeneous group of cardiac
disorders, which are characterized by left ventricular or biventricular dilatation and systolic …

[HTML][HTML] Risk stratification for sudden cardiac death in non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy

M Akhtar, PM Elliott - Current cardiology reports, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) occurs in 1 in
2500 individuals in the general population and is associated with considerable morbidity …

Sudden cardiac death risk stratification in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

JJ Goldberger, H Subačius, T Patel, R Cunnane… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - jacc.org
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to provide a meta-analysis to estimate the
performance of 12 commonly reported risk stratification tests as predictors of arrhythmic …

QRS fragmentation: diagnostic and prognostic significance

G Pietrasik, W Zaręba - Cardiology journal, 2012 - journals.viamedica.pl
Fragmentation of QRS (fQRS) complex is an easily evaluated non-invasive
electrocardiographic parameter. Fragmentation of narrow QRS is defined as presence of an …

[HTML][HTML] Fragmented QRS: what is the meaning?

Y Take, H Morita - Indian pacing and electrophysiology journal, 2012 - Elsevier
Fragmented QRS (fQRS) is a convenient marker of myocardial scar evaluated by 12-lead
electrocardiogram (ECG) recording. fQRS is defined as additional spikes within the QRS …

Fragmented ECG as a risk marker in cardiovascular diseases

R Jain, R Singh, S Yamini… - Current Cardiology …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Various noninvasive tests for risk stratification of sudden cardiac death (SCD) were studied,
mostly in the context of structural heart disease such as coronary artery disease (CAD) …

Fragmented QRS complex predicts the arrhythmic events in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia

U Canpolat, G Kabakci, K Aytemir… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
frQRS and Outcomes in ARVC/D Background Fragmented QRS (frQRS) complex, with
various morphology, has been recently described as a diagnostic criterion of …

[HTML][HTML] ECG parameters for malignant ventricular arrhythmias: a comprehensive review

S Mandala, TC Di - Journal of medical and biological engineering, 2017 - Springer
Many studies showed electrocardiogram (ECG) parameters are useful for predicting fatal
ventricular arrhythmias (VAs). However, the studies have several shortcomings. Firstly, all …

[HTML][HTML] QRS fragmentation patterns representing myocardial scar need to be separated from benign normal variants: hypotheses and proposal for morphology based …

MAE Haukilahti, A Eranti, T Kenttä… - Frontiers in physiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The presence of a fragmented QRS complex (fQRS) in two contiguous leads of a standard
12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) has been shown to be an indicator of myocardial scar in …

Fragmented QRS for the prediction of sudden cardiac death: a meta-analysis

JA Rosengarten, PA Scott, JM Morgan - EP Europace, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Aims Risk stratification of sudden cardiac death (SCD) is challenging. Fragmented QRS
(fQRS) is proposed as a non-invasive electrocardiogram marker associated with mortality …