TY - JOUR
T1 - Correlation of complex ventricular arrhythmias detected by ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring with echocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy in persons older than 62 years in a long-term health care facility
AU - Aronow, Wilbert S.
AU - Epstein, Stanley
AU - Schwartz, Kenneth S.
AU - Koenigsberg, Mordecai
PY - 1987/9/15
Y1 - 1987/9/15
N2 - The incidence of cardiovascular morbid events is higher in patients with left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy detected by electrocardiography than in those without LV hypertrophy.1 Hypertensive patients with electrocardiographic LV hypertrophy have more frequent and complex ventricular premature complexes (VPCs) than those without LV hypertrophy.2 Echocardiography has a greater sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value than electrocardiography in diagnosing LV hypertrophy.3 We performed a prospective study to correlate the prevalence of complex ventricular arrhythmias detected by ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring with increased LV mass detected by technically adequate M-mode and 2-dimensional echocardiograms in unselected persons older than 62 years in a long-term health care facility.
AB - The incidence of cardiovascular morbid events is higher in patients with left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy detected by electrocardiography than in those without LV hypertrophy.1 Hypertensive patients with electrocardiographic LV hypertrophy have more frequent and complex ventricular premature complexes (VPCs) than those without LV hypertrophy.2 Echocardiography has a greater sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value than electrocardiography in diagnosing LV hypertrophy.3 We performed a prospective study to correlate the prevalence of complex ventricular arrhythmias detected by ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring with increased LV mass detected by technically adequate M-mode and 2-dimensional echocardiograms in unselected persons older than 62 years in a long-term health care facility.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9149(87)90395-X
DO - 10.1016/0002-9149(87)90395-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 2959145
AN - SCOPUS:0023200243
SN - 0002-9149
VL - 60
SP - 730
EP - 732
JO - The American Journal of Cardiology
JF - The American Journal of Cardiology
IS - 8
ER -