Validity of electrocardiographic estimates of left ventricular hypertrophy and mass in African Americans (The Charleston Heart Study).
The Cornell voltage criteria and the Novacode computer model for estimating left ventricular mass were compared to echocardiographic left ventricular mass in African Americans from the Charleston Heart Study. The diagnostic accuracy of these electrocardiographic models compared with the echocardiogram is similar to the previous study in whites.
Arnett
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Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454, USA.
Rautaharju
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Sutherland
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Usher
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Keil
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000886:Anthropometry; D044383:Black People; D001830:Body Surface Area; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D001741:Black or African American