Fragmented QRS complex predicts the arrhythmic events in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1260-1266

  Canpolat, Uǧur ^a   Kabakçi, Giray ^b   Aytemir, Kudret ^b   Dural, Muhammet ^b   Şahiner, Levent ^b   Yorgun, Hikmet ^b   Sunman, Hamza ^c   Bariş Kaya, Ergün ^b   Tokgözoǧlu, Lale ^b   Oto, Ali ^b  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Diskapi Yildirim Beyazid Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; implantable cardioverter defibrillator; QRS fragmentation; sudden cardiac death; ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; R WAVE;

ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR CARDIOMYOPATHY; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; QRS FRAGMENTATION; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886784459     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12202     Document Type: Article

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