Ying Yang1,#, Tingting Lv2,#, Siyuan Li1, Ping Zhang1,2,*
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.17, No.5, pp. 557-567, 2022, DOI:10.32604/CHD.2021.017292
- 06 September 2022
Abstract Background: T-wave alternans (TWA) is a risk factor of ventricular arrhythmias or sudden cardiac death (SCD)
in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. Nevertheless, the relationship between TWA and adverse cardiac
events (ACE) in patients with congenital long QT syndrome (LQT) remains controversial. Methods: A systematic
electronic search of PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane Library was conducted from database inception dates to
28 April 2021 and assessed the relationship between TWA and ACE in patients with LQTS. Sub-group analysis
evaluated the association between microvolt TWA (MTWA) and ACE in different monitoring models and ECGlead numbers. Results: A pooled analysis… More >
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