scholarly journals B-PO03-162 MICROVOLT QRS ALTERNANS WITHOUT MICROVOLT T WAVE ALTERNANS IN HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY: A NOVEL RISK MARKER OF LATE VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS

Heart Rhythm ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. S255
Author(s):  
Praloy Chakraborty ◽  
Adrian M. Suszko ◽  
Karthik Viswanathan ◽  
Kimia Sheikholeslami ◽  
Danna Spears ◽  
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2012 ◽  
pp. 74-83
Author(s):  
Anh Tien Hoang ◽  
Nhat Quang Nguyen

Background: Decades of research now link TWA with inducible and spontaneous clinical ventricular arrhythmias. This bench-to-bedside foundation makes TWA, NT-ProBNP a very plausible index of susceptibility to ventricular arrythmia, and motivates the need to define optimal combination of TWA and NT-ProBNP in predicting ventricular arrythmia in myocardial infarction patients. We research this study with 2 targets: 1. To evaluate the role of TWA in predicting sudden cardiac death in myocardial infarction patients. 2. To evaluate the role of NT-ProBNP in predicting sudden cardiac death in myocardial infarction patients 3. Evaluate the role of the combined NT-ProBNP and TWA in predicting sudden cardiac death in myocardial infarction patients. Methods: Prospective study with follow up the mortality in 2 years: 71 chronic myocardial infarction patients admitted to hospital from 5/2009 to 5/20011 and 50 healthy person was done treadmill test to caculate TWA; ECG, echocardiography, NT-ProBNP. Results: Cut-off point of NT-ProBNP in predicting sudden cardiac death is 3168 pg/ml; AUC = 0,86 (95% CI: 0,72 - 0,91); Cut-off point of TWA in predicting sudden cardiac death is 107 µV; AUC = 0,81 (95% CI: 0,69 - 0,87); NT-ProBNP can predict sudden cardiac death with OR= 7,26 (p<0,01); TWA can predict sudden cardiac death with OR= 8,45 (p<0,01). The combined NT-ProBNP and TWA in predicting ventricular arrythmia in heart failure patients: OR= 17,91 (p<0,001). Conclusions: The combined NT-ProBNP and TWA have the best predict value of sudden cardiac death in myocardial infarction patients, compare to NT-ProBNP or TWA alone


Author(s):  
Bárbara Carolina Silva Almeida ◽  
André Assis Lopes do Carmo ◽  
Marco Paulo Tomaz Barbosa ◽  
José Luiz Padilha da Silva ◽  
Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aapo L Aro ◽  
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Tuomas V Kenttä ◽  
Heikki V Huikuri ◽  
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Microvolt T-wave alternans (TWA), characterised as beat-to-beat fluctuation of T-wave amplitude and morphology, is an electrophysiological phenomenon associated clinically with impending ventricular arrhythmias and is an important marker of arrhythmia risk. Currently, two main methods for the detection of TWA exist, namely, the spectral method and the time-domain modified moving average method; both are discussed in this review. Microvolt TWA has been associated with cardiovascular mortality and sudden cardiac death in several clinical studies involving >14,000 subjects with reduced as well as preserved left ventricular function. Although TWA appears to be a useful marker of susceptibility for lethal ventricular arrhythmias and cardiovascular death, so far there is no sufficient evidence from randomised clinical trials to support its use in guiding therapy. However, several ongoing trials are expected to provide more information about the clinical use of TWA testing.


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