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The effect of beat interval on ventricular repolarisation in atrial fibrillation

Al-Karadi, Marwa S; Wilkinson, Antony J; Langley, Philip

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Marwa S Al-Karadi

Antony J Wilkinson

Philip Langley



Abstract

© 2018 Creative Commons Attribution. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is characterised by rapid beat interval changes. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of such changes on ECG ventricular repolarisation characteristics. In 10 AF recordings beat averaging of lead V4 was used to generate averaged T waves where the preceding beat interval (R-R) was either short (625+/-25 ms) or long (1075+/-25 ms). The amplitudes of T wave (T amp) and T wave end, defined as the TU nadir, (TUn amp), and the intervals for R wave to T wave peak (R-T) and R wave to T wave end (R-TUn) where measured from these average beats. Difference in measured T wave characteristics between short and long beat intervals were quantified. All measurements increased significantly for long preceding beat intervals compared to short: T amp (mean±SD) 0.31±0.17 mV (short) vs 0.35±0.20 mV (long) (p = 0.04); TUn amp 0.00±0.02 mV (short) vs 0.03±0.03 mV (long) (p = 0.009); R-T 251.7±13.5 ms (short) vs 264.2±12 ms (long) (p = 0.002) and R-TUn 376.5±31 ms (short) vs 392±26.5 ms (long) (p=0.027). ECG T wave characteristics are significantly affected by preceding ventricular beat interval in AF.

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Al-Karadi, M. S., Wilkinson, A. J., & Langley, P. (2019). The effect of beat interval on ventricular repolarisation in atrial fibrillation. . https://doi.org/10.22489/CinC.2018.294

Conference Name 2018 Computing in Cardiology Conference (CinC)
Conference Location Maastricht, The Netherlands
Start Date Sep 16, 2018
End Date Sep 26, 2018
Acceptance Date Dec 1, 2018
Online Publication Date Feb 1, 2019
Publication Date 2019
Deposit Date Mar 1, 2019
Publicly Available Date Mar 1, 2019
Publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Volume 45
Series Title Computing in Cardiology papers on-line
Series ISSN 2325-8861
DOI https://doi.org/10.22489/CinC.2018.294
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/1344882
Publisher URL https://www.cinc.org/cinc-papers-on-line/

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