| Autor: |
Mishra, Shalu, B., Abhilash, H. C., Lokesh, K., Venugopal |
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Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research (Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research); 2024, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p99-110, 12p |
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BACKGROUND: Left ventricular hypertrophy is the adaptive mechanism to increased left ventricular stress is associated with many adverse events. This study was undertaken to study the left ventricular hypertrophy in patients of essential hypertension and to correlate between clinical, electrocardiography (ECG) and echocardiography in the identification of left ventricular hypertrophy. MATERIALS AND METHOD: 100 patients attending the outpatient department and those who were admitted in our teaching institute from January 2022 to june2023 were the study subjects. All cases of essential hypertension, irrespective of duration of hypertension and type of treatment received were included in the study. Patients with secondary hypertension, Ischemic heart disease/Myocardial infarction, Ischemic cardiomyopathy, congenital heart disease and valvular heart disease were excluded. CONCLUSION: Out of different ECG criteria total QRS criteria showed a high sensitivity of 60%. ECG criteria have a high specificity but low sensitivity. Hence, limited use as a screening method. However in a poor resource country like ours where echocardiography facilities are not available in all rural parts, improved ECG criteria like total QRS voltage can be recommended as a routine investigation for LVH because of its cost effectiveness and easy availability with certain limitations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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