Electrocardiographic associations with myocardial fibrosis among sudden cardiac death victims.

Lauri T A HolmströmAnette HaukilahtiJuha VähätaloTuomas KenttäHenrik AppelAntti KiviniemiLasse PakanenHeikki V HuikuriRobert J MyerburgJuhani Junttila

Published in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2020)

Myocardial fibrosis was associated with QRS prolongation, deep Q waves, T wave inversions and QRS fragmentation. The results provide potentially useful non-invasive early recognition of patients with fibrotic cardiomyopathy and risk of SCD.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
cardiac resynchronization therapy
heart failure
left atrial
systemic sclerosis
mitral valve
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
liver fibrosis
drug induced
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