Electrocardiographic characteristics associated with late gadolinium enhancement and prognostic value in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging has emerged as an important tool for assessment of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Electrocardiography (ECG) is an accessible, reproducible, low-cost diagnostic and prognostic tool. This study aimed to investigate the ECG characteristics associated with LGE, as well as to assess the prognostic significance of ECG in patients with DCM.

Methods

Consecutive patients diagnosed with DCM by CMR [left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 50%] between 2011 and 2020 were included. Multivariable analysis was conducted to evaluate ECG predictors associated with LGE. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was performed to assess the diagnostic performance of ECG in combination o

SUBMITTER: Chayanopparat P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10619146 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature