Matthias Schneider*, Miriam Moser, Varius Dannenberg, Andreas Mangold, Robert Schönbauer, Christian Hengstenberg, Harald Gabriel
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.15, No.1, pp. 51-58, 2020, DOI:10.32604/CHD.2020.011712
Abstract Background: Predicting the probability for sudden cardiac death
(SCD) and thus evaluation of patients for electrical device therapy and/or ablation
is one of the main tasks in clinics for adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD)
following repaired tetralogy of Fallot (rTOF) patients. Previous data suggests that
QRS complex analysis can help identifying those patients who subsequently suffer
from SCD. We hypothesized that a long QRS duration is associated with adverse
rhythm events if caused by conduction abnormalities but not if caused by right
ventricular remodeling. Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed
entailing all rTOF patients who were seen at our… More >