Prognostic implications of left ventricular hypertrophy diagnosed on electrocardiogram vs echocardiography.

ABSTRACT: It is unclear whether 12-lead ECG employing standard criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) provides similar information with respect to long-term cardiovascular risk as echocardiography. The authors performed a retrospective cohort study of 1376 individuals without cardiovascular disease, who underwent ECG (LVH defined using the Sokolow-Lyon voltage combination (>35 mm) or the Cornell voltage-duration product (>2440 mm × ms)) and echocardiography (LVH defined as LV mass index (LVMI) >95 g/m² for women and >115 g/m² for men). The prognostic ability of LVH was assessed in Cox regression models adjusted for age, sex, smoking, systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, antihypertensive medication, and fasting glucose. The primary end point was the composite of

SUBMITTER: Pedersen LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8029835 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature