Late potentials and their correlation with ventricular structure in patients with ventricular arrhythmias

Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE
Peter MarstrandJuliane Theilade

Abstract

The presence of late potentials (LP) may indicate a predisposition to ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. We investigated the association between presence of LP and structural cardiac anomalies assessed by magnetic resonance (CMR) in patients presenting with ventricular arrhythmias. We included 42 patients admitted with ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation who had undergone both signal-averaged ECG recording and CMR imaging. Clinical data and CMR findings were compared in patients with and without LP. The majority, 26 (62%) patients, were sudden cardiac death survivors and the remaining 16 (38%) were admitted with ventricular tachycardia. After full diagnostic work-up, the most common diagnoses in the cohort were idiopathic ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation (25 patients, 60%) or cardiomyopathies (11 patients, 26%). LPs were positive in 29 (69%) when using the revised Task Force criteria. When comparing patients with and without late potentials, there were no significant differences in right ventricular size relative to body surface area (102 mL/m2 vs 92 mL/m2 ), right ventricular ejection fraction (55% vs 58%), or positive late gadolinium enhancement (29% vs 24%). Among patients with malignant ar...Continue Reading

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