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Tpeak-Tend interval during therapeutic hypothermia can predict upcoming ventricular fibrillation in subjects with aborted arrhythmic sudden cardiac death: 3-years follow-up results.
Aims: Prolonged Tpeak-Tend interval has been shown to be markers of arrhythmogenesis in various cardiac disorders. However, its dynamicity is one of the obstacles to predict fatal ventricular arrhythmia. This study investigated whether Tpeak-Tend interval during therapeutic hypothermia (TH) is associated with ventricular fibrillation (VF) inducibility and clinical arrhythmia in subjects with aborted arrhythmic sudden cardiac death (SCD).
Methods and results: The study group included 31 patients (24 males, age 39.1 ± 17.6 years) presenting with arrhythmic SCD in whom Tpeak-Tend interval and J-wave amplitude were measured in electrocardiogram (ECG) of the earliest medical contact and during TH; these patients underwent programmed ventricular stimulation. The summation of J-wave amplitude and QTc interval increased during TH. However, it was not associated with VF inducibility. Patients with inducible VF showed a small Tpeak-Tend interval dispersion in the baseline 12-lead ECG (68.8 ± 24.7 vs. 94.0 ± 55.6 ms, P = 0.044) and a marked increase of the dispersion during the TH (36.2 ± 51.2 vs. -6.1 ± 45.5 ms, P = 0.039). Twenty-four patients underwent implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation. Among them, the patients with long QTc, Tpeak-Tend, and precordial Tpeak-Tend during the TH developed VF more frequently (QTc, 511.9 ± 53.71 ms vs. 566.5 ± 56.08 ms, P = 0.038; Tpeak-Tend interval, 145.6 ± 38.4 ms vs. 185.7 ± 49.95 ms, P = 0.048; precordial Tpeak-Tend interval, 139.3 ± 35.11 ms vs. 185.7 ± 49.95 ms, P = 0.018). The initial VF inducibility was not related with the VF development in follow-up.
Conclusion: In patients with aborted arrhythmic SCD, long Tpeak-Tend interval and QTc interval during TH could predict VF development in their follow-up.
Methods and results: The study group included 31 patients (24 males, age 39.1 ± 17.6 years) presenting with arrhythmic SCD in whom Tpeak-Tend interval and J-wave amplitude were measured in electrocardiogram (ECG) of the earliest medical contact and during TH; these patients underwent programmed ventricular stimulation. The summation of J-wave amplitude and QTc interval increased during TH. However, it was not associated with VF inducibility. Patients with inducible VF showed a small Tpeak-Tend interval dispersion in the baseline 12-lead ECG (68.8 ± 24.7 vs. 94.0 ± 55.6 ms, P = 0.044) and a marked increase of the dispersion during the TH (36.2 ± 51.2 vs. -6.1 ± 45.5 ms, P = 0.039). Twenty-four patients underwent implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation. Among them, the patients with long QTc, Tpeak-Tend, and precordial Tpeak-Tend during the TH developed VF more frequently (QTc, 511.9 ± 53.71 ms vs. 566.5 ± 56.08 ms, P = 0.038; Tpeak-Tend interval, 145.6 ± 38.4 ms vs. 185.7 ± 49.95 ms, P = 0.048; precordial Tpeak-Tend interval, 139.3 ± 35.11 ms vs. 185.7 ± 49.95 ms, P = 0.018). The initial VF inducibility was not related with the VF development in follow-up.
Conclusion: In patients with aborted arrhythmic SCD, long Tpeak-Tend interval and QTc interval during TH could predict VF development in their follow-up.
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