Prevalence and Most Commonly Encountered QRS Fragmentation Morphology and Early Repolarization ST-Segment Changes During the Height of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Single-Center Experience
In our single-institution study, ECGs obtained during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic showed a prevalence of 39% for fQRS and 4.6% for ER. While the prevalence of ER was comparable to that observed in the general population, newly identified fQRS was observed at a substantially higher frequency than has been reported in healthy adult populations.
Authors
- Robert Spraggins
- Munes Albadaineh
- Andrew J Fancher
- Angel Lopez Candales
- Khalid Sawalha
Institutions
- University of Puerto Rico System (PR)
- Wichita State University (US)
- Wichita Clinic (US)
- University of Missouri–Kansas City (US)
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2026-01-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.101990
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00