Electrocardiographic manifestations of healthy residents of a tribal Himalayan village.
Electrocardiograms of 984 healthy subjects residing in village Kalpa at the height of 9000 feet above sea level were studied. Right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH) was observed in 9 (0.914%) subjects. Electrocardiographic evidence of ischaemic heart disease was found in 6 (0.609%) subjects.
Kaushal
S S
SS
Dept. of Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla Himachal Pradesh.
DasGupta
D J
DJ
Prashar
B S
BS
Bhardwaj
A K
AK
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000531:Altitude; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000453:epidemiology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000453:epidemiology; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000453:epidemiology; D017380:Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease / Q000453:epidemiology