Using QRS loop descriptors to characterize the risk of sudden cardiac death in patients with structurally normal hearts

Cheng-I Wu; Yenn-Jiang Lin; I-Hsin Lee; Men-Tzung Lo; Yu-Cheng Hsieh; Amelia Yun-Yu Chen; Wei-Kai Wang; Shih-Lin Chang; Li-Wei Lo; Yu-Feng Hu; Fa-Po Chung; Ta-Chuan Tuan; Tze-Fan Chao; Jo-Nan Liao; Wan-Hsin Hsieh; Ting-Yung Chang; Chin-Yu Lin; An-Ning Feng; Chorng-Kuang How; Shih-Ann Chen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0263894

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Using QRS loop descriptors to characterize the risk of sudden cardiac death in patients with structurally normal hearts

Cheng-I Wu,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Heart Rhythm Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Yenn-Jiang Lin ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: linyennjiang@gmail.com (YJL); epsachen@ms41.hinet.net (SAC)

Affiliations Heart Rhythm Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8395-1052

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I-Hsin Lee,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Emergency, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Men-Tzung Lo,

Roles Software, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Institute of Translational and Interdisciplinary Medicine, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Yu-Cheng Hsieh,

Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiovascular Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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Amelia Yun-Yu Chen,

Roles Data curation, Validation

Affiliations Heart Rhythm Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Wei-Kai Wang,

Roles Data curation, Software, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Heart Rhythm Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Shih-Lin Chang,

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliations Heart Rhythm Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Li-Wei Lo,

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliations Heart Rhythm Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Yu-Feng Hu,

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliations Heart Rhythm Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Fa-Po Chung,

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliations Heart Rhythm Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Ta-Chuan Tuan,

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliations Heart Rhythm Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Tze-Fan Chao,

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliations Heart Rhythm Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Jo-Nan Liao,

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliations Heart Rhythm Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Wan-Hsin Hsieh,

Roles Conceptualization, Software, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Institute of Translational and Interdisciplinary Medicine, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Ting-Yung Chang,

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliation Heart Rhythm Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chin-Yu Lin,

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliations Heart Rhythm Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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An-Ning Feng,

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cheng-Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chorng-Kuang How,

Roles Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Emergency, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Shih-Ann Chen

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: linyennjiang@gmail.com (YJL); epsachen@ms41.hinet.net (SAC)

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan, Cardiovascular Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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Using QRS loop descriptors to characterize the risk of sudden cardiac death in patients with structurally normal hearts

Cheng-I Wu,
Yenn-Jiang Lin,
I-Hsin Lee,
Men-Tzung Lo,
Yu-Cheng Hsieh,
Amelia Yun-Yu Chen,
Wei-Kai Wang,
Shih-Lin Chang,
Li-Wei Lo,
Yu-Feng Hu

Published: February 16, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263894

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