Role of electrocardiograms in assessment of severity and analysis of the characteristics of ST elevation in acute myocarditis: A two-centre study.

ABSTRACT: Acute myocarditis is a severe disease with a high mortality rate and various dynamic changes visible on electrocardiograms (ECGs). The purpose of the present study was to investigate ECG findings of patients with acute myocarditis, ECG findings associated with fulminant myocarditis (FM) and the characteristics of ST elevation on admission. A retrospective analysis of 1,814 ECGs of 274 consecutive patients with acute myocarditis aged ≥13 years, who were hospitalized in two centres between August 2007 and November 2019, was performed. A total of 251 patients with myocarditis (91.6%) presented with ECG abnormalities. The most common ECG findings were T-wave inversion and ST elevation. Univariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that 12 ECG findings were associated with FM. Multivaria

SUBMITTER: Chen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7471845 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature