Reliability of the electrocardiogram for detecting left ventricular hypertrophy in the elderly.
In elderly people > or = 65 years old, QRS amplitudes in electrocardiograms correlated with left ventricular wall thickness, although the correlation decreased with advancing age. Simple voltage criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy are adequate, even in elderly people.
Yamashita
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Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoyashi Kohseiin Geriatric Hospital, Japan.
Dohi
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Y
Miyagawa
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Kojima
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M
Sato
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K
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity