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Table 2 ECG and UCG characteristics of patient cohort

From: The diagnostic capability of electrocardiography on the cardiogenic shock in the patients with acute myocarditis

 

FM group (n = 20)

NFM group (n = 83)

P value

ECG parameters

   

 PR interval (ms)

189 (156–210)

154 (136–174)

0.0006

 QRS complex duration (ms)

104 (89–133)

90 (82–100)

0.005

 Wide QRS complex

14 (70%)

7 (8.9%)

< 0.0001

 QTc interval (ms)

432 (376–464)

401 (387–421)

0.14

 QRS-T angle (degree)

51 (35–97)

34 (22–75)

0.08

 Pathological Q wave

15 (75%)

9 (11.5%)

< 0.0001

 ST segment depression

8 (40%)

8 (9.6%)

0.001

 ST segment elevation

12 (60%)

16 (19.3%)

0.003

 T wave inverse

16 (80%)

19 (22.9%)

< 0.0001

 Ventricular arrhythmia

10 (50%)

5 (6.3%)

< 0.0001

 Sinus arrest

1 (5%)

4 (5.1%)

1.00

 First degree AVB

10 (50%)

5 (6.3%)

< 0.0001

 Second degree AVB

1 (5%)

2 (2.5%)

0.50

 High degree AVB

2 (10%)

2 (2.5%)

0.18

 Third degree AVB

8 (40%)

6 (7.6%)

0.001

UCG parameters

   

 IVST (cm)

0.9 (0.8–1.0)

0.8 (0.8–0.9)

0.07

 LVPWT (cm)

0.9 (0.8–1.0)

0.8 (0.8–0.9)

0.07

 LAD (cm)

3.6 ± 0.51

3.5 ± 0.40

0.50

 AoD (cm)

2.6 ± 0.27

2.8 ± 0.29

0.18

 LVEDD (cm)

5.0 ± 0.51

5.0 ± 0.44

0.90

 LVESD (cm)

4.1 ± 0.67

3.6 ± 0.59

0.001

 LVEF (%)

37 (29–46)

57 (50–60)

< 0.0001

 PAP (mmHg)

30 (23–33)

25 (21–28)

0.04

  1. The continuous data were presented as mean ± standard deviation or median (interquartile range)
  2. The categorical data were presented as frequency (percentage)
  3. ECG electrocardiography, UCG ultracardiography, AVB atrioventricular block, IVST intraventricular septal thickness, LVPWT left ventricular posterior wall thickness, LAD left atrial diameter, AoD aorta diameter, LVEDD left ventricular end-distolic diameter, LVESD left ventricular end-systolic diameter, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, PAP pulmonary artery pressure