Mortality and Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Stratification Using the Noninvasive Combination of Wide QRS Duration and Late Gadolinium Enhancement in Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy [Original Articles]

Conclusions:
The combination of LGE and wQRS provides additional prognostic stratification compared with LGE status alone and might improve the appropriate use of implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.

Source: Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology - April 13, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Marume, K., Noguchi, T., Tateishi, E., Morita, Y., Kamakura, T., Ishibashi, K., Noda, T., Miura, H., Nishimura, K., Nakai, M., Yamada, N., Tsujita, K., Anzai, T., Kusano, K., Ogawa, H., Yasuda, S. Tags: Arrhythmias, Sudden Cardiac Death, Heart Failure Original Articles Source Type: research