Sudden cardiac death electrocardiogram
Electrocardiogram
An ECG may be helpful in the diagnosis of Sudden cardiac death. Findings on ECG associated with sudden cardiac arrest include:[1]
- Sinus tachycardia (39%)
- Abnormal T-wave inversions (30%)
- Prolonged QT interval (26%)
- Left/right atrial abnormality (22%)
- LVH (17%)
- Abnormal frontal QRS axis (17%)
- Delayed QRS-transition zone in precordial leads (13%)
- Pathological Q waves (13%)
- intraventricular conduction delays (9%)
- Multiple premature ventricular contractions (9%)
- Normal ECG (9%)
- ↑ Jayaraman, Reshmy; Reinier, Kyndaron; Nair, Sandeep; Aro, Aapo L.; Uy-Evanado, Audrey; Rusinaru, Carmen; Stecker, Eric C.; Gunson, Karen; Jui, Jonathan; Chugh, Sumeet S. (2018). "Risk Factors of Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young". Circulation. 137 (15): 1561–1570. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.031262. ISSN 0009-7322.