title: [Axis divergence in electrocardiography as a sign of heart disease].
abstract: In the ecgs of 3433 patients the QRS- and T-vectors were determined. The borderline between physiological and pathological ranges of axis-divergence is found to show fluctuations. The younger the patient and the steeper the electrical heart axis, the greater is the physiological axis-divergence. Ignoring this fact many young people by mistake are taken to suffer from a cardiac disease on account of a great axis-divergence. On the other hand the same setting often is the only sign of a heart disease. The axis-divergence can be a useful factor for the computer-analyzed ecg, although the evaluation of a tenfold of ecgs seems to be necessary to achieve a statistically significant statement.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000175:diagnosis; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Die Achsendivergenz im Ekg als Zeichen einer Herzerkrankung