The aims of the present study were to compare the amplitude of J waves by measuring slope and duration in patients with Early Repolarization (ER) syndrome and healthy athletes with ECG evidence of J-point elevation associated with J wave and to evaluate its potential role as an ECG marker of increased arrhythmic risk. This is the first article to report the potential role of J-wave duration and slope as ECG markers of an increased arrhythmic risk. A delayed and prolonged J wave, marker of a transmural dispersion of repolarization, may represent the new discriminant able to distinguish between benign and malignant ER.

J-wave duration and slope as potential tools to discriminate between benign and malignant early repolarization

BIASCO, LUIGI;GIUSTETTO, Carla;CASTAGNO, Davide;GAITA, Fiorenzo
2016-01-01

Abstract

The aims of the present study were to compare the amplitude of J waves by measuring slope and duration in patients with Early Repolarization (ER) syndrome and healthy athletes with ECG evidence of J-point elevation associated with J wave and to evaluate its potential role as an ECG marker of increased arrhythmic risk. This is the first article to report the potential role of J-wave duration and slope as ECG markers of an increased arrhythmic risk. A delayed and prolonged J wave, marker of a transmural dispersion of repolarization, may represent the new discriminant able to distinguish between benign and malignant ER.
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Athlete; Early repolarization syndrome; J-point elevation; Sudden cardiac death; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Physiology (medical)
Cristoforetti, Yvonne; Biasco, Luigi; Giustetto, Carla; De Backer, Ole; Castagno, Davide; Astegiano, Piero; Ganzit, Gianpasquale; Gribaudo, Carlo Gabriele; Moccetti, Marco; Gaita, Fiorenzo
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