The frontal and spatial QRS-T angle is associated with future cardiac events, including sudden cardiac death and all-cause mortality, serving as a potential tool for cardiac risk stratification.
Does the QRS-T angle predict future cardiac events including sudden cardiac death and all-cause mortality?
The QRS-T angle is a promising electrocardiogram-derived marker for predicting sudden cardiac death and all-cause mortality, potentially improving cardiac risk stratification beyond ejection fraction alone.
For proper distribution of preventative resources, a more robust method of cardiac risk stratification should be encouraged in addition to merely reduced ejection fraction. To this end, the QRS-T angle, an electrocardiogram-derived measure of the difference in mean vectors of depolarization and repolarization, has been found associated with sudden cardiac death and other mortal and morbid outcomes in multiple observational studies over the past decade. The use of both frontal and spatial QRS-T angle in the prediction of future cardiac events including sudden cardiac death, all-cause mortality, and further cardiac morbidity is reviewed here.
Oehler et al. (Tue,) conducted a review in Cardiac risk stratification. QRS-T angle was evaluated on Sudden cardiac death, all-cause mortality, and further cardiac morbidity. The frontal and spatial QRS-T angle is associated with future cardiac events, including sudden cardiac death and all-cause mortality, serving as a potential tool for cardiac risk stratification.