High blood pressure is linked to a myocardial anatomical change called LVH. Learn how to offset left ventricular thickening ...

[52] Furthermore, there are a plethora of ECG criteria to define LVH – all of which have reportedly poor sensitivity but good specificity that varies with ethnicity, and a few perform better ...

Conclusion: Electrocardiographic criteria should not be used to rule out left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with hypertension. The original English version of this article has been published ...

Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA Correspondence to Professor Jonathan A Drezner, Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, P.O. Box ...

Improved ECG-LVH criteria using cardiac-MRI as a gold standard may be needed and could help improve prediction of stroke. Several other ECG markers such as AT, premature atrial/ventricular ...

with and without use of a standised ECG criteria tool. Methods Physicians were asked to interpret 40 ECGs (28 normal ECGs from college athletes randomised with 12 abnormal ECGs from individuals with ...

Cardiac hypertrophy is the abnormal enlargement, or thickening, of the heart muscle, resulting from increases in cardiomyocyte size and changes in other heart muscle components, such as ...

If you're scheduled to have an electrocardiogram (EKG), you may wonder what to expect. Here, we break down what you need to ...

Credit: Shutterstock Investigators report findings from a post hoc analysis of FIDELITY, which includes phase 3 trial data from 13,026 patients with CKD and type 2 diabetes. Finerenone ...

Most top tier smartwatches now offer ECG – a way of tracking the rhythm of your heart using medical grade sensors. Heart rate monitors are part and parcel of smartwatches and fitness trackers ...