Open AccessStudy in Southern India Among Hypertensive Patients Using ECG To Screen Left Ventricular Hypertrophy – Can We Do It in Rural Health Centres?
Author(s) -
Jostol Pinto,
P Gergely,
Narasimha Hegde
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/8186.4107
Subject(s) - left ventricular hypertrophy , medicine , cardiology , gold standard (test) , positive predicative value , kappa , inclusion and exclusion criteria , predictive value , blood pressure , pathology , linguistics , philosophy , alternative medicine
Electrocardiogram (ECG) is a cost effective tool to evaluate left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). However, its reliability is often questionable when compared to the gold standard - echocardiography.The validation of ECG as a tool to diagnose LVH would benefit centres that lack access to echocardiography.