Early repolarization is associated with a significantly increased risk of ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death in patients with structural heart diseases

• Published in: Heart rhythm Vol. 14; no. 8; pp. 1157 - 1164
• Main Authors: Cheng, Yun-Jiu, Li, Zhu-Yu, Yao, Feng-Juan, Xu, Xiong-Jun, Ji, Cheng-Cheng, Chen, Xu-Miao, Liu, Li-Juan, Lin, Xiao-Xiong, Yao, Hao, Wu, Su-Hua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.08.2017
• Subjects: Cardiovascular; Cause of Death - trends; Death, Sudden, Cardiac - epidemiology; Death, Sudden, Cardiac - etiology; Early repolarization pattern; Electrocardiography; Global Health; Humans; Prognosis; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Structural heart disease; Sudden cardiac death; Survival Rate - trends; Tachycardia, Ventricular - complications; Tachycardia, Ventricular - epidemiology; Tachycardia, Ventricular - physiopathology; Ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular tachycardia; Structural heart disease; Early repolarization pattern; Ventricular tachycardia; Sudden cardiac death; Ventricular fibrillation; ventricular fibrillation; sudden cardiac death; ventricular tachycardia; early repolarization pattern; structural heart disease

Early repolarization pattern (ERP) has been proved to increase risk of arrhythmia death in the general population, but its prognostic significance in patients with structural heart disease (SHD) is controversial. The purpose of this study was to conduct a meta-analysis of studies assessing the assoc...