This article is part of the supplement: Abstracts of the 11th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions - 2008 .

Meeting abstract

2064 Fragmented QRS complexes on 12-lead ECG as a marker of greater myocardial infiltration by cardiac magnetic resonance gadolinium-delayed enhancement images in patients with sarcoidosis

Mohamed Homsi, Lamaan Alsayed, Dev Vaz, Mithilesh K Das and Jo Mahenthiran

Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

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from 11^th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions
Los Angeles, CA, USA. 1–3 February 2008

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2008, 10(Suppl 1):A333doi:10.1186/1532-429X-10-S1-A333

Published:	22 October 2008

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In our study we demonstrate that presence of either Q-wave and or fQRS complexes on a 12-lead ECG in patients with suspected cardiac involvement of sarcoidosis may indicate the presence of greater infiltrative myocardial disease by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Fragmented QRS complexes (fQRS) on 12-lead ECG are a marker of greater myocardial scarring and were observed in some sarcoid patients (pts).