Cardiovascular Diseases & Diagnosis

Stephan Achenbach

Publications

• Research Article
  Concurrent Exercise-Associated Ventricular Complexes and a Prolonged QT Interval are Associated with Evidence of Myocarditis
  Author(s): Michael Jeserich, Bela Merkely, Pascal Schlosser, Simone Kimmel, Gabor Pavlik, Stephan Achenbach and Jürgen BiermannMichael Jeserich, Bela Merkely, Pascal Schlosser, Simone Kimmel, Gabor Pavlik, Stephan Achenbach and Jürgen Biermann
  
  Background: Precise myocardial tissue characterization in subjects with exercise-associated ventricular ectopy and prolonged QT interval but no obvious structural heart disease might facilitate further risk stratification. There is no data assessing QT intervals in patients with exercise-associated premature ventricular complexes (PVCs). Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) enables us to non-invasively assess myocardial scar and oedema. The purpose of our study was to assess the QT intervals in patients with exercise-associated premature ventricular complexes (PVCs). Methods: We analyzed the QT and QTc intervals of the 162 consecutive patients with documented exerciseassociated PVCs but no history or evidence of coronary heart disease or cardiomyopathy we previously examined. Findings were compared with those from 182 new controls without.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-9517.1000305

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