CAJ | 학술논문

Objective: To explore the correlation between QRS complex duration and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and the sudden cardiac death (SCD) in chronic heart failure (CHF). Methods:258 patients with CHF treated in this hospital from February 2012 to June 2014 were selected as the observation group. 250 volunteers who received the health examination over the same period were randomly selected as the control group. The basic data of all patients was recorded. It then compared LVEF, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, QRS complex duration and BNP between two groups. Results: The proportion of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, DCM and ICM was higher in the observation group, while LVEF was lower and left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, QRS complex duration and BNP were higher than ones in the control group. Patients with SCD occupied 10.47% (27/278) of all patients with CHF. According to the logistic regression analysis, it obtained 4 related factors for SCD in patients with CHF, namely LVEF, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, QRS complex duration and BNP, with the statistical difference between two groups (P<0.05). Conclusion: Patients with CHF may have the dangerous factors of hypertension and hyperlipidemia. In addition, the increase of QRS complex duration and plasma BNP for patients with CHF indicates the big risk of SCD.