Fragmented QRS – a new predictor of prognosis in Brugada Syndrome
Posted by: Johnson Francis on: 21 Oct, 2008
Multiple spikes within the QRS is known as fragmented QRS (f-QRS). Morita et al, from Okayama, Japan has found an association between f-QRS and ventricular fibrillation in Brugada Syndrome (Circulation. 2008;118:1697-1704). 115 patients were evaluated – 13 resuscitated from ventricular fibrillation, 28 with syncope and 74 asymptomatic. 43% of them had f-QRS. The highest occurrence [...]
