Exercise-Induced QRS Prolongation in Brugada Syndrome: Implications for Improving Disease Phenotyping and Diagnosis.

Autor: Chakraborty P; Division of Cardiology, Peter Munk Cardiac Center, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Heart Rhythm Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA., Rahimi M; Division of Cardiology, Peter Munk Cardiac Center, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Suszko AM; Division of Cardiology, Peter Munk Cardiac Center, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Massin S; Division of Cardiology, Peter Munk Cardiac Center, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Laksman Z; Division of Cardiology, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada., Spears D; Division of Cardiology, Peter Munk Cardiac Center, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Gollob MH; Division of Cardiology, Peter Munk Cardiac Center, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Chauhan VS; Division of Cardiology, Peter Munk Cardiac Center, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: vijay.chauhan@uhn.ca.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: JACC. Clinical electrophysiology [JACC Clin Electrophysiol] 2024 Aug; Vol. 10 (8), pp. 1813-1824. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 26.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2024.04.016
Abstrakt: Background: Abnormal ventricular activation at rest is reported in Brugada syndrome (BrS).
Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of dynamic changes in ventricular activation during exercise to improve disease phenotyping and diagnosis of BrS.
Methods: Digital 12-lead electrocardiograms during stress testing were analyzed retrospectively at baseline, peak exercise, and recovery in 53 patients with BrS and 52 controls. Biventricular activation was assessed from QRS duration (QRSd), whereas right ventricular activation was assessed from S wave duration in the lateral leads (I and V 6 ) and terminal R wave duration in aVR. Exercise-induced changes in QRS parameters to predict a positive procainamide response were assessed in separate test and validation cohorts with suspected BrS.
Results: Baseline electrocardiogram parameters were similar between BrS and controls. QRSd shortened with exercise in all controls but prolonged in all BrS (-6.1 ± 6.0 ms vs 7.1 ± 6.5 ms [P < 0.001] in V 6 ). QRSd in recovery was longer in BrS compared with controls (90 ± 12 ms vs 82 ± 11 ms in V 6 ; P = 0.002). Both groups demonstrated exercise-induced S duration prolongation in V6, with greater prolongation in BrS (8.2 ± 14.3 ms vs 1.2 ± 12.4 ms; P < 0.001). Any exercise-induced QRSd prolongation in V 6 differentiated those with a positive vs negative procainamide response with 100% sensitivity and 95% specificity in the test cohort, and 87% sensitivity and 93% specificity in the validation cohort.
Conclusions: Exercise-induced QRSd prolongation is ubiquitous in BrS primarily owing to delayed right ventricular activation. This electrocardiogram phenotype predicts a positive procainamide response and may provide a noninvasive screening tool to aid in the diagnosis of BrS before drug challenge.
Competing Interests: Funding Support and Author Disclosures Dr Chakraborty is supported by George Mine Traveling Fellowship from the Canadian Heart Rhythm Society. All other authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.
(Copyright © 2024 American College of Cardiology Foundation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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