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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-8-20
pubmed:abstractText
Signal-averaged electrocardiographic criteria are reported for corrected Frank XYZ leads and a spectral filter. The new criteria were used alone and in combination with ejection fraction to predict inducibility of ventricular tachycardia (VT) at electrophysiologic testing. Signal-averaged electrocardiographic criteria were developed in 87 control subjects and validated in 182 patients (aged 63 +/- 10 years) with coronary artery disease and QRS duration less than 118 ms. Patients underwent electrophysiologic testing in which up to 3 extra-stimuli were used during 2 paced drives from 2 right ventricular sites. A positive finding was monomorphic VT lasting 30 seconds or needing intervention. An ejection fraction less than 40% was considered abnormal. Signal-averaged electrocardiographic variables that best characterized control subjects and separated patients with and without inducible VT were filtered QRS duration less than 120 ms, low-amplitude signal duration less than 38 ms and root-mean-square voltage greater than 20 muv. With these criteria, signal-averaged electrocardiographic and ejection fraction sensitivities were 87 and 45%, respectively, and specificities were 65 and 77%, respectively. Combining signal-averaged electrocardiography with ejection fraction improved the predictive accuracy. In conclusion, diagnostic criteria for signal-averaged electrocardiography with use of Frank XYZ leads and a spectral filter produced results similar to those reported for use of bipolar XYZ leads and a Butterworth filter. Signal-averaged electrocardiography was a better predictor of VT than was ejection fraction.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0002-9149
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
316-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Establishment of signal-averaged electrocardiographic criteria with Frank XYZ leads and spectral filter used alone and in combination with ejection fraction to predict inducible ventricular tachycardia in coronary artery disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Multicenter Study