Prognostic significance of the Holter‐derived T‐wave variability in patients with ventricular tachyarrhythmias complicating acute coronary syndrome—TWIST study

Autor: Taro Makino, Tomohide Ichikawa, Mari Amino, Mari Nakamura, Masayuki Koshikawa, Yuji Motoike, Yoshihiro Nomura, Masahide Harada, Yoshihiro Sobue, Eiichi Watanabe, Ken Kiyono, Koichiro Yoshioka, Yuji Ikari, Yukio Ozaki, Hideo Izawa
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Vol 28, Iss 6, Pp n/a-n/a (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1542-474X
1082-720X
DOI: 10.1111/anec.13069
Popis: Abstract Background We aimed to investigate the association between ventricular repolarization instability and sustained ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation (VT/VF) occurring within 48 h (acute‐phase VT/VF) after the onset of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and the prognostic role of repolarization instability and heart rate variability (HRV) after discharge from the hospital. Methods We studied 572 ACS patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction >35%. The ventricular repolarization instability was assessed by the beat‐to‐beat T‐wave amplitude variability (TAV) using high‐resolution 24‐h Holter ECGs recorded at a median of 11 days from the date of admission. We calculated the HRV parameters including the deceleration capacity (DC) and non‐Gaussian index calculated on a 25 s timescale (λ25s). The DC and λ25s were dichotomized based on previous studies' thresholds. Results Acute‐phase VT/VF developed in 43 (7.5%) patients. In‐hospital mortality was significantly higher among VT/VF patients (4.7% vs. 0.9%, p = .03). An adjusted logistic model showed that the maximum TAV (odds ratio 1.02, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.00–1.29, p = .04) was associated with acute‐phase VT/VF. During a median follow‐up period of 2.1 years, 19 (3.3%) patients had cardiac deaths or resuscitated cardiac arrest. Acute‐phase VT/VF (p = .12) and TAV (p = .72) were not significant predictors of survival. An age and sex‐adjusted Cox model showed that the DC (p
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