What do we know about the “malignant form” of early repolarization?

A Adler, R Rosso, D Viskin, A Halkin, S Viskin - Journal of the American …, 2013 - jacc.org
There is an urgent need to identify electrocardiographic characteristics that differentiate the
“benign early repolarization pattern” from “malignant early repolarization.” In a previous …

Early repolarization is associated with a significantly increased risk of ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death in patients with structural heart diseases

YJ Cheng, ZY Li, FJ Yao, XJ Xu, CC Ji, XM Chen… - Heart Rhythm, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Early repolarization pattern (ERP) has been proved to increase risk of
arrhythmia death in the general population, but its prognostic significance in patients with …

Prognosis of variant angina manifesting as aborted sudden cardiac death

JM Ahn, KH Lee, SY Yoo, YR Cho, J Suh… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - jacc.org
Background: The long-term prognosis of patients with variant angina presenting with
aborted sudden cardiac death (ASCD) is unknown. Objectives: The purpose of this study …

Prinzmetal angina: ECG changes and clinical considerations: a consensus paper

AB de Luna, I Cygankiewicz… - Annals of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background We will focus our attention in this article in the ECG changes of classical
Prinzmetal angina that occur during occlusive proximal coronary spasm usually in patients …

[HTML][HTML] Life-threatening arrhythmias leading to syncope in patients with vasospastic angina

M Nishizaki - Journal of Arrhythmia, 2017 - Elsevier
The coronary artery diseases (CAD) that can lead to the occurrence of a syncopal attack
include acute coronary syndrome, vasospastic angina, effort angina, and prior myocardial …

Early repolarization pattern and its day-to-day dynamic change as markers for ventricular fibrillation in patients with vasospastic angina

T Kitamura, S Fukamizu, R Hojo, Y Aoyama… - EP …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Aims An early repolarization (ER) pattern is a risk factor for ventricular fibrillation (VF) in
certain diseases. However, it is unclear whether this association holds for patients with …

Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation, Early Repolarization and Other J Wave-Related Ventricular Fibrillation Syndromes–From an Electrocardiographic Enigma to an …

GB Nam - Circulation Journal, 2012 - jstage.jst.go.jp
2724 NAM GB cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation at the Asan Medical Center,
Korea. Structural diseases were present in 209 (68%) of 309 ICD recipients. Coronary artery …

Significance of coronary artery spasm diagnosis in patients with early repolarization syndrome

T Kamakura, M Wada, K Ishibashi… - Journal of the …, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Previously described patients with early repolarization syndrome (ERS) may
have experienced silent coronary artery spasm (CAS) because the diagnosis of CAS was …

Early repolarization and positive T-wave alternans as risk markers for life-threatening arrhythmias in patients with vasospastic angina

Y Inamura, M Nishizaki, M Shimizu, H Fujii… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Several arrhythmogenic markers have been suggested as predictors for risk of
life-threatening arrhythmias during symptom-free periods in vasospastic angina (VSA), but …

Early repolarization pattern: its ECG characteristics, arrhythmogeneity and heritability

Y Mizusawa, CR Bezzina - Journal of Interventional Cardiac …, 2014 - Springer
Early repolarization (ER) has been accepted as a benign ECG variant for decades. Two
seminal studies challenged this notion and have demonstrated that ER pattern is associated …