title: Left ventricular hypertrophy: relationship of echocardiographic and electrocardiographic findings in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
abstract: Diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy is important in patients with cardiac disease. To test the correlation of echocardiographic and electrocardiographic findings for diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy in Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy (IDC), 18 patients with proven IDC were examined. There were 15 males and 3 females, ages ranged from 22-60 years (mean 43 +/- 10.7). LV mass index ranged from 134.4-421.2 g/m2 (mean 187.8 +/- 68.6). All 18 patients had LVH by echocardiography but only 10 patients (55.6%) had LVH by using ECG Romhilt-Estes scoring system. The correlation between echocardiographic and electrocardiographic findings for diagnosis LVH was not significant (r = 0.026; p = 0.935) and echocardiography was better than electrocardiography for diagnosis of LVH in IDC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kiatchoosakun
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mahanonda
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Phankingthongkum
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wansanit
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kangkagate
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sahasakul
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jootar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chaithiraphan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity