Gunduz, RYildiz, BSOzgur, SOzen, MBBakir, EOOzdemir, IHCetin, NUsalp, SDuman, S2024-07-182024-07-180735-67571532-8171http://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/8258Aims: The frontal QRS-T (fQRS) angle has been investigated in the general population, including healthy people and patients with heart failure. The fQRS angle can predict mortality due to myocarditis, ischaemic and nonischaemic cardiomyopathies, idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, and chronic heart failure in the general population. Moreover, no studies to date have investigated fQRS angle in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. Thus, the purpose of this retrospective multicentre study was to evaluate the fQRS angle of COVID-19 patients to predict in-hospital mortality and the need for mechanical ventilation.Methods and results: An electrocardiogram was performed for 327 COVID-19 patients during admission, and the fQRS angle was calculated. Mechanical ventilation was needed in 119 patients; of them, 110 died in the hospital. The patients were divided into two groups according to an fQRs angle >90 degrees versus an fQRS angle <_90 degrees. The percentages of mortality and the need for mechanical ventilation according to fQRS angle were 67.8% and 66.1%, respectively, in the fQRs >90 degrees group and 26.1% and 29.9% in the fQRS <_90 degrees group. Heart rate, oxygen saturation, fQRS angle, estimated glomerular filtration rate, and C-reactive protein level were predictors of mortality on the multivariable analysis. The mortality risk increased 2.9-fold on the univariate analysis and 1.6-fold on the multivariate analysis for the fQRS >90 degrees patient group versus the fQRS <_90 degrees group.Conclusion: In conclusion, a wide fQRS angle >90 degrees was a predictor of in-hospital mortality and associated with the need for mechanical ventilation among COVID-19 patients.(c) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.EnglishT ANGLEPROGNOSTIC-SIGNIFICANCERISKELECTROCARDIOGRAMMORBIDITYArticle