Presence of fragmented QRS is associated with left ventricular systolic dysfunction after surgery in patients with severe aortic regurgitation.
Mehmet CelikYusuf YilmazAli KaragözMuzaffer KahyaogluAyhan KupFatma Betul CelikServet IzciOzkan CandanCetin GecmenCevat KirmaMehmet Kaan KiraliPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2021)
As a possible marker of myocardial fibrosis, F-QRS was associated with postoperative LV systolic dysfunction. Therefore, as a simple and convenient clinical parameter, F-QRS may be used to predict poor recovery of LVEF after AVR.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- aortic stenosis
- heart failure
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- acute myocardial infarction
- mitral valve
- left atrial
- oxidative stress
- aortic valve
- patients undergoing
- early onset
- blood pressure
- coronary artery disease
- pulmonary hypertension
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- liver fibrosis