CLINICAL-SIGNIFICANCE OF GIANT NEGATIVE T-WAVES IN HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
CLINICAL-SIGNIFICANCE OF GIANT NEGATIVE T-WAVES IN HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
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DOI:
10.1016/0735-1097(90)90225-e
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发表时间:
1990-04-01
影响因子:
24
通讯作者:
MCKENNA, WJ
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作者:
ALFONSO, F;ANNOPOULOS, PN;MCKENNA, WJ
To assess the clinical significance of "giant" negative T waves in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy from Western nations, clinical, echocardiographic, (ECG) monitoring findings were compared in 27 patients with and 56 patients without giant negative T waves. Patients with giant negative T waves were older at diagnosis (43 .+-. 15 versus 32 .+-. 14 years, p < 0.05), had greater ECG voltage (SV1 + RV5 = 57 .+-. 20 versus 37 .+-. 18 mm, p < 0.001) and had a more vertical frontal plane axis (38.4 .+-. 34 versus 13.4 .+-. 45.degree., p < 0.05). Left ventricular wall thickness on two-dimensional echocardiography was similar at the mitral valve level (mean 16.5 .+-. 4 versus 16.6 .+-. 3 cm), but was greater at the papillary muscle level (mean 20.7 .+-. 5 versus 17.6 .+-. 3 mm, p < 0.01) and apex (mean 23.3 .+-. 5 versus 17.3 .+-. 3 mm, p < 0.001) in patients with giant negative T valve (4 [14%) of 27 versus 25 [45%] of 56, p < 0.01), whereas left ventricular end-diastolic (44.1 .+-. 6 versus 39.6 .+-. 5 mm, p = 0.01) and end-systolic dimensions (27.8 7U 4 versus 24 .+-. 6 mm, p < 0.05) were greater in this group. Nonsustained ventricular tachycardia was seen on ECG monitoring in 21% of patients in both groups. Radionuclide ventriculography demonstrated similar degrees of abnormal systolic and diastolic function in both groups. The outcome during follow-up study did not differ between the two groups. Reports from Japan indicate that patients with giant negative T waves have hypertrophy confined to the left ventricular apex, mild symptoms and few adverse prognostic features. This study reveals that patients in the West with giant negative T waves have a wider clinical spectrum and that their prognosis is not different from that of patients without such T waves.