title: [Contribution of electrovectorcardiography in the diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Comparative study with an echocardiographic score].
abstract: The object of the study was to define spreading and quantitative criteria of left ventricular hypertrophy in echocardiography by using a "score"--for this, the left ventricle has been divided into 11 regions and a "score" attributed to each one of them--and to find the correlation with the vectocardiogram (VCG) in 42 patients with hypertrophic myocardiopathy (HM). The results obtained show the following: 1) the left ventricular hypertrophy aspect on the ECG and the VCG is very sensitive for the identification of a diffuse HM; 2) the necrosis, hemiblock or septal hypertrophy indicate a hypertrophy located in the forepart septum or the whole of the septum; 3) the giant T waves indicate a hypertrophy of the apex; 4) a left ventricular hypertrophy associated with a necrosis or a hemiblock indicate a global myocardiopathy, with the basal region of the septum largely affected.
authors.affiliation: Département de Cardiologie, Université de Padoue, Italie.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Melacini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Buja
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Canciani
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fasoli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nava
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Schiavinato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dalla Volta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014672:Vectorcardiography
vernacular_title: Apport de l'électro-vectocardiographie dans le diagnostic de la myocardiopathie hypertrophique. Etude comparative avec un "score" échocardiographique.