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Honglin Ni1, Yue Huang1, Xiaowei Pan1
1Department of Electrocardiology, The First Hospital of Jiaxing Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, Jiaxing 314001, China.
Background:
Accurate diagnosis of wide QRS complex tachycardia (WCT) holds significant clinical value for further diagnosis and treatment.
Objective:
To evaluate a new WCT differentiation algorithm, defined as the pre-localization series algorithm, which includes the series process for differentiating ventricular tachycardia (VT) from supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and differentiating VT from preexcited tachycardia (PXT).
Methods:
A retrospective analysis of electrocardiograms (ECGs) from 185 patients with WCT was conducted using the pre-localization single-process algorithm (differentiating VT from SVT without differentiating VT from PXT), the pre-localization series algorithm, the limb lead algorithm, and the Basel algorithm. The ECGs were differentiated into VT or SVT. The pre-localization series algorithm further differentiated the initially diagnosed VT into VT or PXT, and the results were compared with the confirmed diagnoses to assess the diagnostic value of the four algorithms.
Results:
The pre-localization single-process algorithm had higher AUC values (0.777 vs. 0.711 vs. 0.646), sensitivity (0.955 vs. 0.809 vs. 0.745), and accuracy (0.811 vs. 0.730 vs. 0.665) compared with the limb lead algorithm and the Basel algorithm. The pre-localization series algorithm had higher AUC values (0.901 vs. 0.711 vs. 0.646), sensitivity (0.909 vs. 0.809 vs. 0.745), specificity (0.893 vs. 0.613 vs. 0.547), and accuracy (0.903 vs. 0.730 vs. 0.665) compared with the limb lead algorithm and the Basel algorithm, the pre-localization series algorithm also had higher specificity (0.893 vs. 0.600) and accuracy (0.903 vs. 0.811) than the pre-localization single-process algorithm, but sensitivity(0.909 vs. 0.955) was slightly lower, with statistically significant differences (all P < 0.05).
Conclusion:
The pre-localization single-process algorithm had higher sensitivity and accuracy compared with the limb lead algorithm and the Basel algorithm. The series algorithm, due to its improved specificity, further enhanced diagnostic value and can be considered for diagnosing VT, SVT, and PXT.
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