Prolonged QT and myocardium recovery after primary PCI: a cMRI study

• Published in: European journal of clinical investigation Vol. 46; no. 10; pp. 873 - 879
• Main Authors: Ieva, Riccardo, Casavecchia, Graziapia, Gravina, Matteo, Totaro, Antonio, Ferraretti, Armando, Macarini, Luca, Di Biase, Matteo, Brunetti, Natale Daniele
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2016
• Subjects: Acute myocardial infarction; cardiac magnetic resonance; Cicatrix - etiology; Cicatrix - physiopathology; Electrocardiography; Humans; Long QT Syndrome - etiology; Long QT Syndrome - physiopathology; Magnetic Resonance Angiography; Male; Middle Aged; Myocardial Stunning - etiology; Myocardial Stunning - physiopathology; Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; primary angioplasty; QT interval; Recovery of Function - physiology; ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction - physiopathology; ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction - surgery; Stroke Volume - physiology; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - etiology; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - physiopathology; viable myocardium; QT interval; primary angioplasty; viable myocardium; Acute myocardial infarction; cardiac magnetic resonance

Background The presence of viable stunned myocardium recovering after primary angioplasty is not easy to identify in the early phase of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) by noninvasive bed‐side methods. We therefore aimed to assess whether a simple electrocardiogram parameter may be of help in ident...