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Late potentials are thought to be caused by early afterdepolarizations of cells in the right ventricle (in [[ARVD]]). Their amplitude is often too small to show up on a normal ECG. However, when multiple QRS recordings (typically 250 consecutive QRS complexes) are averaged, random noise is filtered out and late potentials can show up. | Late potentials are thought to be caused by early afterdepolarizations of cells in the right ventricle (in [[ARVD]]). Their amplitude is often too small to show up on a normal ECG. However, when multiple QRS recordings (typically 250 consecutive QRS complexes) are averaged, random noise is filtered out and late potentials can show up. Such a recording is called a Signal Averaged ECG (SAECG). | ||
[[Image:late_potentials. | The ARVD taskforce has published a document with [http://arvd.org/SAECG%20protocol.pdf recommended settings] to record an SAECG in ARVD. | ||
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! Criteria for late potentials on a signal averaged ECG <cite>simson</cite><cite>Breithardt</cite> | ! Criteria for late potentials on a signal averaged ECG <cite>simson</cite><cite>Breithardt</cite> |