J Heart Stroke | Volume 1, Issue 1 | Review Article | Open Access

Fragmented QRS Complexes (fQRS) as a New Risk Marker Is an Effective and Simple Indicator of Mortality in Coronary Artery Disease

Yanmin XU^*, Pradeep Poudel, Heng LI, Deepak Sharma, Cong Cong HAN, Xing mei GUO and Sudarshan Poudel

Department of Cardiovascular, College of International Tianjin Medical University, China

^*Correspondance to: Yanmin XU 

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Abstract

Fragmented QRS complexes (fQRS) on a 12-lead ECG are a marker of depolarization abnormality. FQRS represents conduction delay from inhomogeneous activation of the ventricles due to myocardial scar. It has a high predictive value for myocardial scar and mortality in Coronary Arterial Disease. However, fQRS is a nonspecific finding and its diagnostic prognostic should only be interpreted in the presence of pertinent clinical evidence and type of myocardial involvement (structural vs. structurally normal heart).The purpose of this review is to discuss the potential utility of tests to detect depolarization abnormalities of the heart for the risk stratification of mortality and sudden cardiac death with main emphasis on fQRS.

Citation:

Yanmin XU, Poudel P, Heng LI, Sharma D, Cong Cong HAN, Xing mei GUO, et al. Fragmented QRS Complexes (fQRS) as a New Risk Marker Is an Effective and Simple Indicator of Mortality in Coronary Artery Disease. J Heart Stroke. 2016; 1(1): 1001.