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. 2024 Mar 26:16:100508.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijcchd.2024.100508. eCollection 2024 Jun.

Correlation of ECG and cardiac MRI for assessment of ventricular hypertrophy and dilatation in adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot

Shanjot Brar  1 , Mehima Kang  1 , Amit Sodhi  1 , Marc W Deyell  2 , Zachary Laksman  2 , Jason G Andrade  2 , Matthew T Bennett  2 , Andrew D Krahn  2 , John Yeung-Lai-Wah  2 , Richard G Bennett  2 , Amanda Barlow  2 , Jasmine Grewal  2 , Gnalini Sathananthan  2 , Santabhanu Chakrabarti  2
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Correlation of ECG and cardiac MRI for assessment of ventricular hypertrophy and dilatation in adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot

Shanjot Brar et al. Int J Cardiol Congenit Heart Dis. .

Abstract

Background: Surgically repaired Tetralogy of Fallot (rTOF) is associated with progressive right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH) and dilation (RVD). Accurate estimation of RVH/RVD is vital for the ongoing management of this patient population. The utility of the ECG in evaluating patients with rTOF with pre-existing right bundle branch block (RBBB) has not been studied. We aimed to determine the sensitivity/specificity of currently established ECG criteria in detecting RVH/RVD in this patient population.

Methods: We included consecutive patients diagnosed with rTOF who underwent CMR performed at our regional referral centre between January 2012 and December 2019. Each CMR was assessed for LVH, LVD, RVH and or RVD. The ECG corresponding to the CMR was then used to determine RVH/LVH for specificity and sensitivity analysis.

Results: Our study included 163 consecutive rTOF patients. The specificity for ECG-based criteria for LVH was 100.00% (95% C.I. (87.75, 100.00)), and the sensitivity was 7.19% (95% C.I. (3.15, 12.83)). When RBBB was present, specificity for RVH was 100.00% (95% C.I. (84.56, 100.00)), and sensitivity was 7.69% (95% C.I. (3.75, 13.69)). When RBBB was absent, specificity for RVH was 100.00% (95% C.I. (15.81, 100.00)), and sensitivity was 0.00% (95% C.I. (0.00, 33.63)). A regression model with the entire group of 163 ToF patients, based on the Sokolow-Lyon criterion (sum of R in V1 + S in V5/V6), produced a new suggested criterion for the diagnosis of RVH in patients with rTOF, which was a sum of R in V1 + S in V5/V6 greater than 13.25 mm. This model's sensitivity for RVH detection was 69.1%, and specificity was 36.8%.

Conclusions: Standard ECG voltage criteria have poor sensitivity for detecting right and left ventricular chamber hypertrophy and dilatation in patients with rTOF, so current ECG criteria should not be used to monitor RVH/RVD in this patient population.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Contingency table of diagnosis of LVH/LVD.
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Contingency table of diagnosis of RVH/RVD with RBBB.
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Contingency table of diagnosis of RVH/RVD without RBBB.
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