The decrease in QRS amplitude after aortic valve replacement in patients with aortic valve stenosis
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Standardized Technique of Aortic Valve Re-implantation for Valve-sparing Aortic Root Replacement
Published on: December 11, 2017
Satoshi Kurisu1, Ichiro Inoue, Takuji Kawagoe
1Department of Cardiology, Hiroshima City Hospital, Moto-machi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-8518, Japan. skurisu@nifty.com
Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of aortic valve replacement on electrocardiogram (ECG) in patients with aortic valve stenosis.
Methods:
Serial 12-lead ECGs were obtained in 15 patients with aortic valve stenosis who underwent aortic valve replacement. Three ECG indexes for left ventricular hypertrophy were manually measured in each ECG: Sokolow-Lyon index (sum of S wave in V(1) and R wave in V(5)), Cornell voltage index (sum of R wave in aVL and S wave in V(3)), and Gubner index (sum of R wave in I and S wave in III).
Results:
After aortic valve replacement, Sokolow-Lyon index gradually decreased during 2 years (51.1 +/- 17.9 to 34.8 +/- 12.5 mm, P < .01). Cornell voltage index (25.6 +/- 7.0 to 15.0 +/- 4.8 mm, P < .01) and Gubner index (15.8 +/- 7.6 to 10.3 +/- 5.5 mm, P < .01) also gradually decreased during 2 years. ST depression in V(6) was found in 14 patients (93%) before aortic valve replacement. It resolved in 9 of 14 patients during 2 years.
Conclusions:
Electrocardiographic evidence of left ventricular hypertrophy gradually resolved after aortic valve replacement in patients with aortic valve stenosis.
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