Incremental diagnostic and prognostic value of the QRS-T angle, a 12-lead ECG marker quantifying heterogeneity of depolarization and repolarization, in patients with suspected non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction
| Autor: | Christian Mueller, Tobias Reichlin, Christian Puelacher, Patrick Maechler, Maria Rubini Gimenez, Nikola Kozhuharov, Karin Wildi, Òscar Miró, Patrick Badertscher, Zaid Sabti, Lorraine Sazgary, Stefan Osswald, Roger Abächerli, Dagmar I. Keller, F. Javier Martín-Sánchez, Diego Mannhart, Ivo Strebel, Sofia Calderón, Jeanne du Fay de Lavallaz, Sergio Lopez Iglesias, Jasper Boeddinghaus, Desiree Wussler, Raphael Twerenbold, Thomas Nestelberger, Carolina Fuenzalida |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Internationality Ischemia 12 lead ecg 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Cohort Studies Electrocardiography 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine medicine Humans Repolarization In patient Prospective Studies 030212 general & internal medicine Myocardial infarction cardiovascular diseases Mortality Non-ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction Prospective cohort study 610 Medicine & health Aged business.industry Middle Aged Prognosis medicine.disease Qrs t angle Cardiology Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Follow-Up Studies Cohort study |
| DOI: | 10.7892/boris.126332 |
| Popis: | The value of the 12-lead ECG in the diagnosis of non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) is limited due to insufficient sensitivity and specificity of standard ECG criteria. The QRS-T angle reflects depolarization-repolarization heterogeneity and might assist in detecting patients with a NSTEMI (diagnosis) as well as predicting patients with an increased mortality risk (prognosis).We prospectively enrolled 2705 consecutive patients with symptoms suggestive of NSTEMI. The QRS-T angle was automatically derived from the standard 10 s 12-lead ECG recorded at presentation to the ED. Patients were followed up for all-cause mortality for 2 years.NSTEMI was the final diagnosis in 15% (n = 412) of patients. QRS-T angles were significantly greater in patients with NSTEMI compared to those without (p 0.001). The use of the QRS-T angle in addition to standard ECG criteria indicative of ischemia improved the diagnostic accuracy for NSTEMI as quantified by the area under the ROC curve from 0.68 to 0.72 (p 0.001). An algorithm for the combined use of standard ECG criteria and the QRS-T angle improved the sensitivity of the ECG for NSTEMI from 45% to 78% and the specificity from 86% to 91% (p 0.001 for both comparisons). The 2-year survival rates were 98%, 97% and 87% according to QRS-T angle tertiles (p 0.001).In patients with suspected NSTEMI, the QRS-T angle derived from the standard 12-lead ECG provides incremental diagnostic accuracy on top of standard ECG criteria indicative of ischemia, and independently predicts all-cause mortality during 2 years of follow-up. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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