The association between prolongation in QRS duration and presence of coronary collateral circulation in patients with acute myocardial infarction

  • Karahan Z
  • Altıntaş B
  • Uğurlu M
  • et al.
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Background: It is known that QRS duration is related to prognosis in acute myocardial infarction. The relation between QRS duration and coronary collateral circulation is uncertain. In the present study, we aimed to determine the relation between QRS duration and coronary collateral circulation in patients admitted with acute myocardial infarction. Methods: The present study was composed of 109 consecutive patients with acute myocardial infarction. All patients had total occlusion in the left anterior descending coronary artery. Electrocardiographic recordings on admission were obtained for the assessment of QRS duration. The Rentrop classification was used to define coronary collateral circu- lation on coronary angiography. Patients were divided into two groups as follows: Group 1 with poor coronary collateral circulation (Rentrop 0–1) and Group 2 with good coronary collateral circulation (Rentrop 2–3). Results: Of all patients, 62 patients were included in group 1 and 47 patients in group 2, respectively. In the present study, patients in the group 1 had longer QRS duration than patients in the group 2 (p<0.005). Additionally, we found that Rentrop grading had negative correlation with both QRS duration and white blood cell count (r: ?0.28; p<0.005 and r: ?0.35; p<0.001). Conclusion: Our study showed that there was an inverse relationship between QRS duration on admission and presence of coronary collateral circulation in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

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Karahan, Z., Altıntaş, B., Uğurlu, M., Kaya, İ., Uçaman, B., Uluğ, A. V., … Öztürk, Ö. (2016). The association between prolongation in QRS duration and presence of coronary collateral circulation in patients with acute myocardial infarction. JRSM Cardiovascular Disease, 5, 204800401665747. https://doi.org/10.1177/2048004016657475

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