Relation of T-wave alternans to regional left ventricular dysfunction and eccentric hypertrophy secondary to coronary heart disease

The American Journal of Cardiology
Sanjiv M NarayanVictor G Dávila-Román

Abstract

Left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy and structural disease are associated with exaggerated repolarization dispersion and risk for cardiac arrest. We hypothesized that T-wave alternans (TWA) from the electrocardiogram, reflecting proarrhythmic repolarization dispersion, would increase with extent of eccentric LV hypertrophy and vary spatially with the distribution of myocardial scar. We studied 28 patients with coronary disease, systolic dysfunction, and nonsustained ventricular tachycardia. On echocardiography, 21 patients had wall motion abnormalities and 20 had LV hypertrophy (mass index > or =100 g/m(2)). TWA magnitude (voltage of alternation), which was computed spectrally during ventricular stimulation, varied linearly with LV mass index (p = 0.003). Spatially, positive TWA (magnitude > or =1.9 microV) in orthogonal electrocardiographic axes overlaid scar or wall motion abnormalities in corresponding echocardiographic segments (p <0.05 in x and y axes). After a follow-up of 35 +/- 13 months, positive TWA predicted the combined end point of death or sustained ventricular arrhythmias in all patients (p = 0.025), with a trend for those with echocardiographic LV hypertrophy (p = 0.058). In conclusion, in patients with systolic d...Continue Reading

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