QRS-T angle : is it a specific parameter associated with sudden cardiac death in type 2 diabetes? Results from the SURDIAGENE and the Mini-Finland prospective cohorts

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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Type 2 diabetes is associated with a high risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD), but the risk of dying from another cause (non-SCD) is proportionally even higher. The aim of the study was to identify easily available ECG-derived features associated with SCD, while considering the competing risk of dying from non-SCD causes.

METHODS: In the SURDIAGENE (Survie, Diabete de type 2 et Genetique) French prospective cohort of individuals with type 2 diabetes, 15 baseline ECG parameters were interpreted among 1362 participants (mean age 65 years; HbA1c 62±17 mmol/mol [7.8±1.5%]; 58% male). Competing risk models assessed the prognostic value of clinical and ECG parameters for SCD after adjusting for age, sex, history of myocardial infarction, N-terminal pro b-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), HbA1c and eGFR. The prospective Mini-Finland cohort study was used to externally validate our findings.

RESULTS: During median follow-up of 7.4 years, 494 deaths occurred including 94 SCDs. After adjustment, frontal QRS-T angle ≥90° (sub-distribution HR [sHR] 1.68 [95% CI 1.04, 2.69], p=0.032) and NT-proBNP level (sHR 1.26 [95% CI 1.06, 1.50] per 1 log, p=0.009) were significantly associated with a higher risk of SCD. Nevertheless, frontal QRS-T angle was the only marker not to be associated with causes of death other than SCD (sHR 1.08 [95% CI 0.84, 1.39], p=0.553 ). These findings were replicated in the Mini-Finland study subset of participants with diabetes (sHR 2.22 [95% CI 1.05, 4.71], p=0.04 for SCD and no association for other causes of death).

CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION: QRS-T angle was specifically associated with SCD risk and not with other causes of death, opening an avenue for refining SCD risk stratification in individuals with type 2 diabetes.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:67

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Diabetologia - 67(2024), 4 vom: 24. März, Seite 641-649

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Garcia, Rodrigue [VerfasserIn]
Schröder, Linda C [VerfasserIn]
Tavernier, Marine [VerfasserIn]
Gand, Elise [VerfasserIn]
de Keizer, Joe [VerfasserIn]
Holkeri, Arttu [VerfasserIn]
Eranti, Antti [VerfasserIn]
Bidegain, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Alos, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
Junttila, Juhani [VerfasserIn]
Knekt, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Roumegou, Pierre [VerfasserIn]
Gamet, Alexandre [VerfasserIn]
Bouleti, Claire [VerfasserIn]
Degand, Bruno [VerfasserIn]
Ragot, Stéphanie [VerfasserIn]
Hadjadj, Samy [VerfasserIn]
Aro, Aapo L [VerfasserIn]
Saulnier, Pierre-Jean [VerfasserIn]
SURDIAGENE and the Mini-Finland study groups [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Electrocardiogram
Journal Article
Mortality
Sudden cardiac death
Type 2 diabetes

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Date Completed 01.03.2024

Date Revised 01.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00125-023-06074-4

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NLM367580764