The multiple electrocardiographic manifestations of ventricular repolarization memory.
The multiple electrocardiographic manifestations of ventricular repolarization memory.
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DOI:
10.2174/1573403x10666140514102021
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发表时间:
2014-08
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
Elizari MV
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作者:
Chiale PA;Etcheverry D;Pastori JD;Fernandez PA;Garro HA;González MD;Elizari MV
T wave “memory” is a peculiar variety of cardiac remodeling caused by a transient change in the course of ventricular depolarization (due to ventricular pacing, rate-dependent intraventricular block, ventricular preexcitation or tachyarrhythmias with wide QRS complexes). It is usually manifested by inverted T waves that appears when normal ventricular activation is restored. This phenomenon is cumulative and occurs earlier if the ventricular myocardium has previously been exposed to the same conditioning stimuli. In this article the different conditions giving rise to “classical” T wave memory development are reviewed and also “another” type of T wave memory is described. It is also shown that cardiac memory may induce not only negative (pseudo-primary) T waves but also a reversal of primary and pseudo-primary T waves leading to “normalization” of ventricular repolarization. The knowledge of these dissimilar consequences of T wave memory is essential to assess the characteristics of ventricular repolarization.