Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess the ability of the signal-averaged electrocardiogram (ECG) to predict the efficacy of procainamide. The main role of the signal-averaged ECG has been the identification of postinfarction patients at risk of sudden death. Prediction of the efficacy of antiarrhythmic drugs represents another potential clinical application of this technique. The study examined the effects of procainamide on the time domain and spectral temporal analysis of the signal-averaged ECG in relation to the results of programmed ventricular stimulation studies in 31 patients with inducible sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia. Procainamide significantly prolonged the total and the initial QRS complex and low amplitude signal durations (mean +/- SD 135 +/- 30 vs. 161 +/- 46 ms, p < 0.0001; 87 +/- 16 vs. 98 +/- 20 ms, p < 0.0001, and 48 +/- 23 vs. 63 +/- 36 ms, p < 0.001, respectively) whereas the root-mean-square voltage of the total QRS complex and of the last 40 ms of the QRS complex was significantly reduced (mean +/- SD 112 +/- 36 vs. 87 +/- 36 microV, p < 0.0001; 21 +/- 19 vs. 13 +/- 12 microV, p < 0.002, respectively). The results of spectral temporal mapping of the signal-averaged ECG were similar before a...Continue Reading
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