Validity of electrocardiographic classification of left ventricular hypertrophy across adult ethnic groups with echocardiography as a standard

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 404-412

  Vanezis, Andrew Peter ^a   Bhopal, Raj ^b  

^a IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cornell; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Ethnicity; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Race; Sokolow Lyon

Indexed keywords

ADULT DISEASE; AFRICA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VALIDITY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 49449088958     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2008.02.013     Document Type: Review

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