RESEARCH ARTICLE

Association between Progressive Intraventricular Conduction Disturbance and Cardiovascular Events Hideki Hayashi*, Qi Wu, Minoru Horie Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan * [email protected]

Abstract Background a11111

Prolonged QRS duration on electrocardiogram (ECG) has been known as a poor prognostic marker. However, little is known about association between progressive intraventricular conduction disturbance and cardiovascular prognosis.

Methods OPEN ACCESS Citation: Hayashi H, Wu Q, Horie M (2016) Association between Progressive Intraventricular Conduction Disturbance and Cardiovascular Events. PLoS ONE 11(7): e0157412. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0157412 Editor: Yoshiaki Taniyama, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, JAPAN Received: April 23, 2016 Accepted: May 27, 2016 Published: July 8, 2016 Copyright: © 2016 Hayashi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Data Availability Statement: All relevant data are within the paper. Funding: The authors have no support or funding to report. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

From among a database containing 359,737 12-lead ECG recordings, patients whose QRS duration progressively increased from

Association between Progressive Intraventricular Conduction Disturbance and Cardiovascular Events.

Prolonged QRS duration on electrocardiogram (ECG) has been known as a poor prognostic marker. However, little is known about association between progr...
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